CVE-2011-1508 in Publisher

Summary

Microsoft Publisher 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2 and SP3, does not properly manage memory allocations for function pointers, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Publisher file, aka "Publisher Function Pointer Overwrite Vulnerability."

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• Reservation: 03/23/2011
• Disclosure: 12/13/2011
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-59666 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-94 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 10.0
• EPSS: 0.27089
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1508
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1508
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-1508/