CVE-2009-1533: Microsoft Office

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 35.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the Works for Windows document converters in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, Office 2007 SP1, and Works 8.5 and 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Works .wps file that triggers memory corruption, aka "File Converter Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: version 2000 only; version 2003 only
• Microsoft Office XP: version sp3 only
• Microsoft Works: version 8.5 only; version 9.0 only

Published 2009-06-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.