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CVE-2009-2501

Published: Oct 14, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
9.3CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
26.8%
Top 2.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in GDI+ in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2, Office Project 2002 SP1, Visio 2002 SP2, Office Word Viewer, Word Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3, Office Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3, Office Excel Viewer, Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Gold, SP1, and SP2, Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2, Expression Web, Expression Web 2, Groove 2007 Gold and SP1, Works 8.5, SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services SP2, SQL Server 2005 SP2 and SP3, Report Viewer 2005 SP1, Report Viewer 2008 Gold and SP1, and Forefront Client Security 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG image file, aka "GDI+ PNG Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

windows 2003 servermicrosoft
OS
Operating Systems / windows
windows server 2008microsoft
On-premOS
Operating Systems / windows
windows vistamicrosoft
OS
Operating Systems / windows
windows xpmicrosoft
OS
Operating Systems / windows
.net frameworkmicrosoft
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
microsoftcommercialUSOperating Systems
and 22 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html
us-cert.gov
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-062
docs.microsoft.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5800
oval.cisecurity.org

Timeline

Published
Oct 14, 2009
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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