CVE-2009-0227
Stack-based buffer overflow in the PowerPoint 4.2 conversion filter (PP4X32.DLL) in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of structures in sound data in a file that uses a PowerPoint 4.0 native file format, leading to memory corruption, aka "Legacy File Format Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0222, CVE-2009-0223, CVE-2009-0226, and CVE-2009-1137.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 35.7% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0235)
- Published
- May 12, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0235 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / office powerpoint
- microsoft / office powerpoint
- microsoft / office powerpoint
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=787
- http://osvdb.org/54384
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32428(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34882
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022205
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290(Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6239
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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