CVE-2011-1982
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.3
Description
Microsoft Office 2007 SP2, and 2010 Gold and SP1, does not initialize an unspecified object pointer during the opening of Word documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Office Uninitialized Object Pointer Vulnerability."
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/909022
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-073
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12243
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/909022
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-073
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12243
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.