PT-2022-5316 · Microsoft · Office

Hades_Kito + 2 · Published 2022-10-11 · Updated 2025-01-02 · CVE-2022-38048

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 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Office, specifically concerning memory usage after it has been freed. This can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely, potentially affecting the system. The vulnerability is associated with the parsing of Microsoft Word DOCX files.

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

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-06621

CVE-2022-38048

ZDI-22-1411

Affected Products

Office

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38048 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-38048 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38048 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38048 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-06621 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38048 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1411 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-38048 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/avleonovcom/1040 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/51165 · Telegram Post