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CVE-2009-0202Array index error in FL21WIN.DLL in the PowerPoint Freelance Windows 2.1 Translator in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 and 2002 allows remote…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 23.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Array index error in FL21WIN.DLL in the PowerPoint Freelance Windows 2.1 Translator in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 and 2002 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Freelance file with unspecified "layout information" that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Timeline
ID reserved
By flexera
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 23.6% · top 2.2% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References
References7
- 54961 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1022369 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ms-powerpoint-freelance-bo(51034) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-29/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20090610 Secunia Research: Microsoft PowerPoint Freelance Layout Parsing Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 35275 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 35184 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0211 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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