CVE-2017-2791 Information

Description

JustSystems Ichitaro 2016 Trial contains a vulnerability that exists when trying to open a specially crafted PowerPoint file. Due to the application incorrectly handling the error case for a function’s result the application will use this result in a pointer calculation for reading file data into. Due to this the application will read data from the file into an invalid address thus corrupting memory. Under the right conditions this can lead to code execution under the context of the application.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96440 http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0199/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8