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 a "pointer overwrite" and memory corruption, aka "Legacy File Format Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0223, CVE-2009-0226, CVE-2009-0227, and CVE-2009-1137.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32428
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.vupen.com/exploits/Microsoft_PowerPoint_Pointer_Overwrite_Code_Execution_Exploit_MS09_017_1290123.php
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34831
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6143
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022205
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/54382
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.vupen.com/exploits/Microsoft_PowerPoint_Memory_Corruption_Code_Execution_Exploit_MS09_017_1290124.php
Scores
EPSS
0.3163
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-94
Status
published
Products (3)
microsoft/office_powerpoint
2000 sp3
microsoft/office_powerpoint
2002 sp3
microsoft/office_powerpoint
2003 sp3
Published
May 12, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026