01 Record
CVE-2009-0235
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Word 97 text converter in WordPad in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Word 97 text converter in WordPad in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 33.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-04-15 03:49Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-01-20
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d13faeb20ae722b343a13847fec1674645065c21a8f745b3a76d85e51df7a247
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com34470http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34470
- www.securitytracker.com1022043http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022043
- www.us-cert.govTA09-104Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html
- osvdb.org53664http://osvdb.org/53664
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5893https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5893
- labs.idefense.com20090414 Microsoft WordPad Word97 Converter Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=783
- docs.microsoft.comMS09-010https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-010
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1024http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1024