PT-2024-6115 · Microsoft · Office Visio

Published 2024-08-13 · Updated 2024-09-26 · CVE-2024-38169

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 overflow in dynamic memory, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability, as the target must open a malicious file. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not available.

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

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-122

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-07029

CVE-2024-38169

ZDI-24-1145

Affected Products

Office Visio

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38169 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1145 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38169 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-07029 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38169 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/SystemTek_UK/status/1824414940859388225 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/windowsforum/status/1831817352721154238 · Twitter Post