Microsoft Office PowerPoint Code Injection Vulnerability

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office PowerPoint contains a code injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file with an OutlineTextRefAtom containing an invalid index value that triggers memory corruption. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-01-07 (federal deadline 2026-01-28).

First seen: 7 Jan 2026
Last update: 7 Jan 2026, 12:00 UTC
Identifiers: CVE-2009-0556
Source: CISA KEV
On the menu as: Microsoft Office

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## Microsoft Office PowerPoint Code Injection Vulnerability
Severity: high, exploited in the wild. Patch status: patched.
Affected: Microsoft Office
Ids: CVE-2009-0556

Microsoft Office PowerPoint contains a code injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file with an OutlineTextRefAtom containing an invalid index value that triggers memory corruption. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-01-07 (federal deadline 2026-01-28).

## Steps
1. This touches infrastructure (office). Look in terraform, ansible, cloud-init, Dockerfiles and docs for the product and version we run. If it isn't in the repo, say so and list what a human should check on the box.

## Report
A table: file, product or package, version in use, affected yes/no, exact fix. Then anything a human has to check outside the repo.

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Sources: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0556
https://pwned.coffee/i/microsoft-office-powerpoint-code-injection-vulnerability-cve-2009-0556

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