Advisory Details

March 9th, 2022

Microsoft Office Visio EMF EMR_COMMENT_EMFPLUS Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-22-501
ZDI-CAN-15764

CVE ID CVE-2022-24509
CVSS SCORE 7.8, AV:L/AC:L/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_COMMENT_EMFPLUS records in EMF images. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. 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-2022-24509
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2021-12-03 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2022-03-09 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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