$ cve CVE-2009-0565 JSON

CVE-2009-0565 EXPLOIT

9.3

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 40.5% (pctl 99)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

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."

Scoring

CVSS	9.3 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	40.5% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-119
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2009-06-10
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (5)

Vendor	Product
microsoft	office
microsoft	office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007
microsoft	office word
microsoft	office word viewer
microsoft	open xml file format converter

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Microsoft Word 2003 - Record Parsing Buffer Overflow (MS09-027) (Metasploit)	2011-04-16
exploit-db	Microsoft Word - Record Parsing Buffer Overflow (MS09-027)	2010-08-20

References

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