CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-0563

7.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2009-06-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft Office Buffer Overflow Vulnerability — Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code via a Word document with a crafted tag containing an invalid length field.

Added to KEV
2022-06-08
Remediation due
2022-06-22
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0563
Status
Analyzed
Published
2009-06-10
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Description

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."

Affected configurations

• microsoft office 2000 • microsoft office 2003 • microsoft office 2004 • microsoft office 2007 • microsoft office 2008 • microsoft office xp • microsoft office compatibility pack 2007 • microsoft office word viewer • microsoft office word viewer 2003 • microsoft open xml file format converter

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References