HIGH
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, Office Word Viewer 2003 SP3, and Office Word Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a malformed File Information Block (FIB) structure, aka "Microsoft Office Word File Information Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Published Nov 11, 2009
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 35.79%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, Office Word Viewer 2003 SP3, and Office Word Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a malformed File Information Block (FIB) structure, aka "Microsoft Office Word File Information Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2004
- 2008
- 2002
- 2003
- n/a
- 2003
- n/a
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.
35.79% 0.35792
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.35792
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 (22 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 35.79% (0.35792) | 98.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 35.79% (0.35792) | 98.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 69.33% (0.69326) | 98.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 65.18% (0.65175) | 97.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 69.33% (0.69326) | 98.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 85.05% (0.85051) | 98.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 18, 2024 | 93.12% (0.93118) | 99.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 94.42% (0.94422) | 99.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 14, 2024 | 95.23% (0.95226) | 99.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 95.25% (0.95255) | 99.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 95.72% (0.95724) | 99.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 17, 2023 | 95.55% (0.95553) | 99.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 9, 2023 | 95.74% (0.95742) | 99.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 95.47% (0.95465) | 98.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 49.76% (0.49756) | 98.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 11, 2023 | 49.76% (0.49756) | 98.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Dec 10, 2022 | 55.10% (0.55095) | 98.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 6, 2022 | 57.79% (0.57789) | 98.78th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Aug 2, 2022 | 60.01% (0.60013) | 98.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 67.16% (0.67160) | 99.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 67.16% (0.67160) | 98.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=831 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
- http://osvdb.org/59857 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37277 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36950 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023158 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-314A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3194 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-068 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6555 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=831 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE | |
| http://osvdb.org/59857 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/37277 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36950 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023158 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-314A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3194 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-068 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6555 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Nov 11, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 10, 2009
Link CVE-2009-3135
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a