CVE-2009-0227 Stack-based buffer overflow in the PowerPoint 4.2 conversion filter (PP4X32.DLL) in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003

Critical 9.3 Published Updated
Exploited in the wild
Not known
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2009-0227?

CVE-2009-0227 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 May 2009.

Official description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the PowerPoint 4.2 conversion filter (PP4X32.DLL) in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of structures 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-2009-0226, and CVE-2009-1137.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0227?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Office Powerpoint.

How do I fix CVE-2009-0227?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0227 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2009-0227 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0227 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j9mg-gg38-qqx3.

Is CVE-2009-0227 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free