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CVE-2011-0655

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 22.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-04-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Microsoft PowerPoint 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 TimeColorBehaviorContainer Floating Point records in PowerPoint documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted document containing an invalid record, aka "Floating Point Techno-color Time Bandit RCE Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2004, 2008, 2011
• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack: 2007-sp2
• Microsoft Office Powerpoint Viewer: all versions
• Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter: all versions
• Microsoft PowerPoint for Android: 2010
• Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer: 2007-sp2
• Microsoft Powerpoint Web App: all versions

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025340
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0941
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-022
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12624
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025340
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0941
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-022
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12624

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