Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3, and PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file with an OutlineTextRefAtom containing an an invalid index value that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in April 2009 by Exploit:Win32/Apptom.gen, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

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Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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{'dateAdded': '2026-01-07T00:00:00+00:00', 'dueDate': '2026-01-28T00:00:00+00:00'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-08T04:55:23.788Z

Reserved: 2009-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0556

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:40:05.099Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-04-03T18:30:00.610

Modified: 2026-01-07T19:15:53.077

Link: CVE-2009-0556

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