PT-2022-5969 · Microsoft · Office Visio

Mat Powell · Published 2022-12-13 · Updated 2026-05-19 · CVE-2022-44694

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 insufficient input validation in Microsoft Office Visio, which can be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted DWG file. This can lead to memory corruption and out-of-bounds write, resulting in remote code execution.

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

RCE

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-07397

CVE-2022-44694

ZDI-22-1667

ZDI-22-1673

ZDI-22-1674

Affected Products

Office Visio

References · 12

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1667 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44694 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1674 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1673 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-07397 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44694 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44694 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44694 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/f1tym1/status/2056847236529574357 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/54458 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/54462 · Telegram Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2022121382 · Note