FKIE_CVE-2011-0656

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-04-13 18:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:27
Severity
Summary
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."
References
secure@microsoft.comhttp://osvdb.org/71770
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517482/100/0/threaded
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47251
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025340
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.htmlUS Government Resource
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0941Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-125
secure@microsoft.comhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-022
secure@microsoft.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11761
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/71770
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517482/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47251
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025340
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.htmlUS Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0941Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-125
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-022
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11761
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft office 2004
microsoft office 2008
microsoft office 2011
microsoft office_compatibility_pack 2007
microsoft office_powerpoint_viewer *
microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter *
microsoft powerpoint 2002
microsoft powerpoint 2003
microsoft powerpoint 2007
microsoft powerpoint 2010
microsoft powerpoint_viewer 2007
microsoft powerpoint_web_app *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:27:49.483",
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