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CVE-2011-0656

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Published: Apr 13, 2011Modified: Apr 29, 2026

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9.3
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 10.0
Source: NVD

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."

Affected (12)

Microsoft
7 products
Office
Office Compatibility Pack
Office Powerpoint Viewer
Open Xml File Format Converter
Powerpoint
Powerpoint Viewer
Powerpoint Web App
Configuration A
12 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Microsoft
Office
Version 2004
Office
Version 2008
Office
Version 2011
Office Compatibility Pack
Version 2007 sp2
Office Powerpoint Viewer
All versions
Open Xml File Format Converter
All versions
Microsoft
Powerpoint
Version 2002 sp3
Powerpoint
Version 2003 sp3
Powerpoint
Version 2007 sp2
Powerpoint
Version 2010
Powerpoint Viewer
Version 2007 sp2
Powerpoint Web App
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (18)

Source: secure@microsoft.com
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US Government Resource
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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