CVE-2009-0202 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Array index error in FL21WIN.DLL in the PowerPoint Freelance Windows 2.1 Translator in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 and 2002 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Freelance file with unspecified "layout information" that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Published: 2009-06-11

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 23.6% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_powerpoint:2000:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_powerpoint:2002:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.23577.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/35184
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-29/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022369
http://www.osvdb.org/54961
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504215/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35275
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51034

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Office Powerpoint

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: flexera

Published: 2009-06-11T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:24:18.199Z

Reserved: 2009-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0202

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-06-11T21:30:00.170

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:04:29.593

Link: CVE-2009-0202

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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