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CVE-2009-0556 - Microsoft Office

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Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3, and PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file with an OutlineTextRefAtom containing an an invalid index value that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in April 2009 by Exploit:Win32/Apptom.gen, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

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CISA KEVHIGH
CVE ID
CVE-2009-0556
Vendor/project
Microsoft
Product
Office
Vulnerability name
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Code Injection Vulnerability
Date added
2026-01-07
Due date
2026-01-28
Known ransomware campaign use
Unknown
CVSS v3
8.8
CWE-94

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NVD CVE pagehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0556CVE API docshttps://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilitiesData feedshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feedsCataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogData repositoryhttps://github.com/cisagov/kev-dataaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/new-0-day-exploits-using-powerpoint-files.aspxaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/04/02/microsoft-security-advisory-969136.aspxaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/04/02/investigating-the-new-powerpoint-issue.aspxaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/53182af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34572af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/627331af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/969136.mspxaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503453/100/0/threadedaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34351af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021967af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0915