Advisory Details

February 18th, 2022

Microsoft Office Visio EMF EMR_DELETEOBJECT Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-22-384
ZDI-CAN-15731

CVE ID CVE-2022-21988
CVSS SCORE 7.0, AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Office Visio
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Microsoft Office Visio. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the processing of EMR_DELETEOBJECT records in EMF images. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21988
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2021-11-10 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2022-02-18 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT kdot
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