CVE-2007-1754 Information

Description

PUBCONV.DLL in Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 does not properly clear memory when transferring data from disk to memory which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed .pub page via a certain negative value which bypasses a sanitization procedure that initializes critical pointers to NULL aka the \Publisher Invalid Memory Reference Vulnerability.

Reference

http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2007/07/msg00254.html http://osvdb.org/35953 http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070710.html http://secunia.com/advisories/25988 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473309/100/0/threaded http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018353 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-191A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2479 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-037 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A1871