CVE-2009-0563

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Publication date:

10/06/2009

Last modified:

22/10/2025

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."

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:::::macos::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:::::macos::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:2003:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:-:::::macos::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:::::macos::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:::::macos::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:2003:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:-:::::macos::

CVE-2009-0563

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools