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CVE-2007-1202

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 29.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-05-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Word (or Word Viewer) in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, 2003 SP2, 2004 for Mac, and Works Suite 2004, 2005, and 2006 does not properly parse certain rich text "property strings of certain control words," which allows user-assisted remote attackers to trigger heap corruption and execute arbitrary code, aka the "Word RTF Parsing Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Word for Android: 2000-sp3, 2002-sp3, 2003-sp2, 2004
• Microsoft Word Viewer: 2003
• Microsoft Works: 2004, 2005, 2006

References

• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=525
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/555489
• http://www.osvdb.org/34388
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468871/100/200/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23836
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018013
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-128A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1709
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-024
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1900
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=525
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/555489

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