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Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities - 2720184 (Mac OS X)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Mac OS X Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

11 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is missing an important security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS12-076.

Insight

Insight

- An error when processing the 'SerAuxErrBar' record can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted file. - An input validation error can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted file. - A use-after-free error when processing the 'SST' record can be exploited via a specially crafted file. - An error when processing certain data structures can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted file.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac

Solution

Solution

The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)