HIGH
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
Published May 12, 2009
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 35.72%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2000
- 2002
- 2003
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
35.72% 0.35721
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.35721
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (26 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 35.72% (0.35721) | 98.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 35.72% (0.35721) | 98.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 5, 2026 | 69.33% (0.69333) | 98.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 28, 2025 | 67.80% (0.67802) | 98.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 69.33% (0.69333) | 98.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 67.03% (0.67027) | 98.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 68.99% (0.68995) | 98.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 8, 2025 | 74.00% (0.74003) | 98.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 78.81% (0.78815) | 98.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 81.54% (0.81538) | 98.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 20, 2024 | 85.63% (0.85625) | 98.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 8, 2024 | 91.93% (0.91930) | 99.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 18, 2024 | 93.12% (0.93118) | 99.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 29, 2023 | 94.42% (0.94422) | 98.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 15, 2023 | 95.23% (0.95226) | 99.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 95.25% (0.95255) | 99.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 95.72% (0.95724) | 99.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 95.55% (0.95553) | 98.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 13, 2022 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Aug 12, 2022 | 49.76% (0.49756) | 98.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 55.10% (0.55095) | 98.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jun 10, 2022 | 55.10% (0.55095) | 98.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 6, 2022 | 57.79% (0.57789) | 98.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 60.01% (0.60013) | 98.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=787 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
- http://osvdb.org/54384 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32428 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34882 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022205 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6239 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=787 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE | |
| http://osvdb.org/54384 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32428 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34882 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022205 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6239 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published May 12, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 20, 2009
Link CVE-2009-0227
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a