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CVE-2009-0226

CVSS Score Not Available
63.52%
MEDIUM RiskEPSS (98th percentile)

Stack-based buffer overflow in the PowerPoint 4.2 conversion filter in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in 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-2009-0223, CVE-2009-0227, and CVE-2009-1137.

Published: 5/12/2009
Modified: 4/9/2025
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Vulnerability Summary

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

63.52%MEDIUM Exploitation Risk
98th percentile

This vulnerability has a 63.52% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.