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Legacy File Format Vulnerability

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6239

Stack-based buffer overflow in the PowerPoint 4.2 conversion filter (PP4X32.DLL) in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of structures in sound data in a file that uses a PowerPoint 4.0 native file format leading to memory corruption aka "Legacy File Format Vulnerability" a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0222 CVE-2009-0223 CVE-2009-0226 and CVE-2009-1137.

Family:
windows
Status:
ACCEPTED
Platform(s):
  • Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Windows XP
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003
  • Microsoft Windows Vista
Class:
vulnerability
Reference(s):
  • CVE-2009-0227
Product(s):
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Service Pack 3
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 Service Pack 3
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 Service Pack 3