CVE-2009-1131

Office Powerpoint vulnerability

CVSS

9.3

EPSS

35.9%

EPSS pct

98th

Exploited

No known

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large amount of data associated with unspecified atoms in a PowerPoint file that triggers memory corruption, aka "Data Out of Bounds Vulnerability."

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Office Powerpoint

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds

Published

2009-05-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 35.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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