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CVE-2009-0563

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 and 2008; Open

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Listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Microsoft Office Word and related Word viewer, converter, and compatibility components on Windows and Mac are affected by this vulnerability. An attacker who gets a user to open a specially crafted Word document could exploit a memory overflow to run arbitrary code on the affected computer.

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Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 and 2008; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Word Viewer; 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 crafted tag containing an invalid length field, aka "Word Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated
  5. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 9

oval.cisecurity.org

securityfocus.com

osvdb.org

zerodayinitiative.com

us-cert.gov

securitytracker.com

docs.microsoft.com

vupen.com