CVE-2009-0556
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Apr 3, 2009
- Updated
- Jan 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 12, 2009
Description
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3, and PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file with an OutlineTextRefAtom containing an an invalid index value that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in April 2009 by Exploit:Win32/Apptom.gen, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-019
- http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/new-0-day-exploits-using-powerpoint-files.aspx
- ADV-2009-1290vdb-entry
- 53182vdb-entry
- MS09-017vendor-advisory
- powerpoint-unspecified-code-execution(49632)vdb-entry
- 34351vdb-entry
- ADV-2009-0915vdb-entry
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/microsoft-security-advisory-969136.aspx
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/investigating-the-new-powerpoint-issue.aspx
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6279vdb-entrysignature
- 34572third-party-advisory
- 1021967vdb-entry
- TA09-132Athird-party-advisory
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136.mspx
- VU#627331third-party-advisory
- 20090512 ZDI-09-019: Microsoft Office PowerPoint OutlineTextRefAtom Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerabilitymailing-list
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6204vdb-entrysignature
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-0556government-resource
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