CVE-2015-2557: microsoft visio

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-2557 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in microsoft visio. EPSS estimates a 22.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 14-10-2015
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Visio 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted UML data in an Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.