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CVE-2007-1754

Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—

PUBCONV.DLL in Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 does not properly clear memory when transferring data from disk to memory, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed .pub page via a certain negative value, which bypasses a sanitization procedure that initializes critical pointers to NULL, aka the "Publisher Invalid Memory Reference Vulnerability".

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Microsoft — Publisher

CWEs

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