Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft products - CVE-2009-1130

 

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft products - CVE-2009-1130

Published: December 20, 2016 / Updated: March 16, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU1415
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1130
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to heap-based buffer overflow when handling malformed PowerPoint files. A remote attacker can create a specially PowerPoint file containing a malformed structure value, 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.

Affected software

Microsoft Office
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Office for macOS

How to mitigate CVE-2009-1130



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