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CVE-2009-0223 Detail

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 memory corruption, aka "Legacy File Format Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0222, CVE-2009-0226, CVE-2009-0227, and CVE-2009-1137.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32428 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34834 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022205 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html CVE, Microsoft Corporation US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6269 CVE, Microsoft Corporation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0223
NVD Published Date:
05/12/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Microsoft Corporation