Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Visio Viewer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Microsoft Visio Viewer VSD File Format Memory Corruption
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA49113
VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/49113/
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-05-08
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Visio Viewer, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when validating certain
attributes within a VSD file format and can be exploited to corrupt
memory via a specially crafted Visio file.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
Further details available in Customer Area:
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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Luigi Auriemma via iDefense.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS12-031 (KB2597981):
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-031
OTHER REFERENCES:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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