CVE-2009-0224: Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; PowerPoint Viewer 2003 and 2007 SP1 and SP2; PowerPoint in M
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Plan (action score 46/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 30% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 98.2% of all records.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Add it to your regular patch cycle. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; PowerPoint Viewer 2003 and 2007 SP1 and SP2; PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Works 8.5 and 9.0; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 do not properly validate PowerPoint files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple crafted BuildList records that include ChartBuild containers, which triggers memory corruption, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
- Published
- May 12, 2009
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 30.0% · 98th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-94
Report tools
Action score
46
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 9 / 30 · 30.0%
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- No public exploit code on record
- No fixed version yet
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | compatibility pack word excel powerpoint | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:compatibility_pack_word_excel_powerpoint |
| microsoft | office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007 |
| microsoft | office powerpoint | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_powerpoint |
| microsoft | office powerpoint viewer | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_powerpoint_viewer |
| microsoft | open xml file format converter | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter |
| microsoft | powerpoint | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint |
| microsoft | works | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- microsoft compatibility pack word excel powerpoint2007
- microsoft office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007all versions
- microsoft office powerpoint2000
- microsoft office powerpoint2002
- microsoft office powerpoint2003
- microsoft office powerpoint2007
- microsoft office powerpoint viewer2003
- microsoft office powerpoint viewer2007
- microsoft open xml file format converterall versions
- microsoft powerpoint2004
- microsoft powerpoint2008
- microsoft works8.5
- microsoft works9.0
Same product
microsoft: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2009-3130Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allo46Plan
- CVE-2009-3134Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Offic45Plan
- CVE-2009-3132Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Offic45Plan
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2008-1455Aug 12, 2008 · A "memory calculation error" in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2, and 2007 through SP1; Office Compatibility Pack fo35Monitor
- Later →CVE-2009-3127Nov 11, 2009 · Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, and Office Excel Viewer 45Plan
- Later →CVE-2009-3128Nov 11, 2009 · Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, and Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3, does not properly parse the Excel file format, which allows 44Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
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- secunia.com/advisories/32428
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34879
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1022205
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6023
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.