CVE-2009-1515 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2009-1515

Heap-based buffer overflow in the cdf_read_sat function in src/cdf.c in...

Vulnerability Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the cdf_read_sat function in src/cdf.c in Christos Zoulas file 5.00 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted compound document file, as demonstrated by a .msi, .doc, or .mpp file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

christos zoulas

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Affected Software

file
Vulnerable Versions:
5.00

Timeline

Official Publish: May 4th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.