VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-1202

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability29.48%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-05-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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."

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references