CVE-2011-0656
Description
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; PowerPoint Viewer; PowerPoint Viewer 2007 SP2; and PowerPoint Web App do not properly validate PersistDirectoryEntry records in PowerPoint documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a Slide with a malformed record, which triggers an exception and later use of an unspecified method, aka "Persist Directory RCE Vulnerability."
How to fix
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft office | 2004, 2008, 2011 | — |
| microsoft office_compatibility_pack | 2007 | — |
| microsoft office_powerpoint_viewer | No range specified | — |
| microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter | No range specified | — |
| microsoft powerpoint | 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010 | — |
| microsoft powerpoint_viewer | 2007 | — |
| microsoft powerpoint_web_app | No range specified | — |
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