CVE-2007-1754
HIGH severity · CVSS 9.3 · CWE-399
9.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
PUBCONV.DLL in Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 does not properly clear memory when transferring data from disk to memory, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed .pub page via a certain negative value, which bypasses a sanitization procedure that initializes critical pointers to NULL, aka the "Publisher Invalid Memory Reference Vulnerability".
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)33%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25988Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2479Advisory
- http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2007/07/msg00254.html
- http://osvdb.org/35953
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070710.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473309/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018353
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-191A.html