CVE-2009-0087
Unspecified vulnerability in the Word 6 text converter in WordPad in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4,...
Unspecified vulnerability in the Word 6 text converter in WordPad in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2; and the Word 6 text converter in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word 6 file that contains malformed data, aka "WordPad and Office Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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Unspecified vulnerability in the Word 6 text converter in WordPad in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2; and the Word 6 text converter in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word 6 file that contains malformed data, aka "WordPad and Office Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2009-0087- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Unspecified vulnerability in the Word 6 text converter in WordPad in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2; and the Word 6 text converter in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word 6 file that contains malformed data, aka "WordPad and Office Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2009-0087- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-0096 No score
Unspecified vulnerability in the Word 6 text converter in WordPad in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2; and the Word 6 text converter in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word 6 file that contains malformed data, aka "WordPad and Office Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
- Record
EUVD-2009-0096- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h482-q3rv-49gh No score
Unspecified vulnerability in the Word 6 text converter in WordPad in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4,...
Unspecified vulnerability in the Word 6 text converter in WordPad in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2; and the Word 6 text converter in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word 6 file that contains malformed data, aka "WordPad and Office Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
- Record
GHSA-h482-q3rv-49gh- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2009-0087 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Microsoft Office Word, published April 15, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 25.9%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securitytracker.com/id?1022043
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5799
osvdb.org/53662
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-010
vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1024
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0087
github.com/advisories/GHSA-h482-q3rv-49gh