CVE-2009-0222 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by embedding crafted sound data within a PowerPoint 4.0 native file format, leading to memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a medium attack complexity but full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_powerpoint:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2002CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_powerpoint:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2003CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_powerpoint:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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 records are not available for this CVE.