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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-2506 · published 9 December 2009

CVE-2009-2506: Microsoft windows 2000 vulnerability

Microsoft · Windows 2000

Integer overflow in the text converters in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3; Works 8.5; Office Converter Pack; and WordPad in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DOC file with an invalid number of property names in the DocumentSummaryInformation stream, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 31% · top 1.8% CWE-189 · CWE-189
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
31%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
7Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Integer overflow in the text converters in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3; Works 8.5; Office Converter Pack; and WordPad in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DOC file with an invalid number of property names in the DocumentSummaryInformation stream, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

7 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=834
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100070184
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37216
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html US Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-073
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5846
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=834
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100070184
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37216
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html US Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-073
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5846

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-2506), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.