VDB-287575 · CVE-2024-49065 · Nessus 212230

Microsoft Office out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Office. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-49065. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office (affected version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was published 12/10/2024 as confirmed security update guide (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-49065. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212230 (Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (December 2024)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (212230). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Office Suite Software

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Office

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 5.5
Vendor Vector (Microsoft): 🔍

CNA Base Score: 5.5
CNA Vector (Microsoft): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 212230
Nessus Name: Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (December 2024)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

12/10/2024 🔍
12/10/2024 +0 days 🔍
12/10/2024 +0 days 🔍
02/20/2025 +72 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-49065 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-49065
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-287575

Entryinfo

Created: 12/10/2024 19:07
Updated: 02/20/2025 14:36
Changes: 12/10/2024 19:07 (32), 12/10/2024 19:11 (36), 12/11/2024 01:31 (2), 01/08/2025 14:42 (12), 02/20/2025 14:36 (3)
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