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CVE-2009-0222

40
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 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
31.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3163 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 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 / 54382
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%3A6143
securityfocus.com / bid/34831
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_Memory_Corruption_Code_Execution_Exploit_MS09_017_1290124.php
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / exploits/Microsoft_PowerPoint_Pointer_Overwrite_Code_Execution_Exploit_MS09_017_1290123.php
Vendor Advisory