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CVE-2011-1979

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 22.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-08-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Microsoft Visio 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2 does not properly validate objects in memory during Visio file parsing, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, aka "Move Around the Block RCE Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Visio: 2003-sp3, 2007-sp2

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-060
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12659
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-060
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12659

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