CVE-2009-0556
PowerPoint Code Injection in Microsoft Office. CISA confirmed attackers exploit it and added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 7 January 2026.
- Product
- Microsoft Office
- Added to CISA's catalog
- Federal fix-by date
- Ransomware
- No known use in ransomware campaigns
- Sources
- CISA’s catalog, NVD entry
CISA’s description.
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.
More from Microsoft this year.
- CVE-2026-96951 Command Injection, added
- CVE-2026-65660 Code Injection, added
- CVE-2026-85880 Heap-Based Buffer Overflow, added
- CVE-2026-81963 Link Following, added
- CVE-2019-1068 Remote Code Execution, added
- CVE-2026-55040 Weak Authentication, added
- CVE-2026-33824 Double Free, added
- CVE-2026-68820 Use-After-Free, added
Every flaw CISA confirmed exploited in the last 30 days is on the exploit watch. This is not security advice. Check the vendor’s advisory before acting. From CISA’s catalog of 30 October 2026.