Memory corruption in Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Office - CVE-2009-0225
Published: December 20, 2016 / Updated: March 16, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU1409
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-0225
CWE-ID: CWE-129
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Office
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Office
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to ''array indexing'' error when handling malformed PowerPoint files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PowerPoint file containing sound data, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
The weakness exists due to ''array indexing'' error when handling malformed PowerPoint files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PowerPoint file containing sound data, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2009-0225
Install update from vendor's website:
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a24ec7ab-c1c7-4ddb-8b6e-107f1af67f49
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=120394
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a24ec7ab-c1c7-4ddb-8b6e-107f1af67f49
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=120394