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CVE-2009-0225

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0225 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 SP3. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by embedding crafted sound data within a PowerPoint 95 native file format, leading to improper array indexing. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but potentially resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_powerpoint:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
31.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3107 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 54388
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017
secunia.com / advisories/32428
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5526
securityfocus.com / bid/34880
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1290
vupen.com / exploits/Microsoft_PowerPoint_Array_Indexing_Code_Execution_Exploit_MS09_017_1290125.php
Vendor Advisory