PT-2021-6418 · Microsoft · Office Visio

Published 2021-12-03 · Updated 2026-05-19 · CVE-2022-24461

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Office Visio (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a buffer out-of-bounds write in memory when implementing the EMR COMMENT EMFPLUS record in an EMF file. This can be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted malicious file.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-01555

CVE-2022-24461

ZDI-22-500

Affected Products

Office Visio

References · 11

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24461 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24461 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-01555 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24461 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24461 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-500 · Security Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2022030826 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/38607 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/38584 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/38592 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/f1tym1/status/2056823290476290185 · Twitter Post