CVE-2019-1462 Memory corruption in Microsoft Office

What is CVE-2019-1462?

CVE-2019-1462 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Office, published on 10 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft PowerPoint software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

Weakness: CWE-908

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1462?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 365 Proplus, Microsoft Powerpoint.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1462?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1462 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-2019-1462 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1462 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-28fh-3r6h-cgpw.