9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2009-0565
Microsoft Office Word Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 and 2008; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a malformed record that triggers memory corruption, aka "Word Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

INFO

Published Date :

June 10, 2009, 6 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-0565 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft office
2 Microsoft office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007
3 Microsoft office_word_viewer
4 Microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter
5 Microsoft office_word

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-0565 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-0565 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/54960
    Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8206
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35190
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022356
    Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1546
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-027
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6334
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-027.mspx [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-027 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6334 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6334 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 10, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

93.40 }} 0.18%

score

0.99307

percentile

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