VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-0222

CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability31.63%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-05-12
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted sound data in a file that uses a PowerPoint 4.0 native file format, leading to a "pointer overwrite" and memory corruption, aka "Legacy File Format Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0223, CVE-2009-0226, CVE-2009-0227, and CVE-2009-1137.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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