Microsoft PowerPoint Heap Corruption Vulnerability
Publish date: July 21, 2015
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-1130,MS09-017
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, and PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted structure in a Notes container in a PowerPoint file that causes PowerPoint to read more data than was allocated when creating a C++ object, leading to an overwrite of a function pointer, aka "Heap Corruption Vulnerability."
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003494
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1003494 - Microsoft PowerPoint Heap Corruption Vulnerability
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- microsoft office 2004
- microsoft office_powerpoint 2002
- microsoft office_powerpoint 2003
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