CVE-2011-1269 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2011-1269?

CVE-2011-1269 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Office, published on 13 May 2011. 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 PowerPoint 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2 make unspecified function calls during file parsing without proper handling of memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint document, aka "Presentation Memory Corruption RCE Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1269?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack, Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter, Microsoft Powerpoint.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1269?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1269 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2011-1269 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1269 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office

• CVE-2018-0798 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-1770 Microsoft Office Uninitialized Memory Use Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2006-2492 Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2018-0802 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2017-11882 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8

All Microsoft Office vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7pg7-wcqg-2p3r.