CVE-2007-1238 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash Microsoft Office 2003 by tricking users into opening a corrupted WMF file, requiring user interaction to trigger the denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-1238?
CVE-2007-1238 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Office, published on 3 Mar 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Microsoft Office 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by attempting to insert a corrupted WMF file.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1238?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Office.
How do I fix CVE-2007-1238?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1238 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-1238 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1238 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f225-wf72-53c6.