Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 3
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-0222
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-486j-h7q6-5j57
References
Advisory 4
More Microsoft Office Powerpoint vulnerabilities
- TI-2009-00535 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3, and PowerPoint in Microsoft… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2009-01072 Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2009-00206 Integer overflow in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2009-01073 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3 allow… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2009-01071 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the PowerPoint 95 importer (PP7X32.DLL) in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2009-00212 Stack-based buffer overflow in the PowerPoint 4.2 conversion filter (PP4X32.DLL) in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2009-0222 · CVE Program
- CVE-2009-0222 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-486j-h7q6-5j57 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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