CVE-2007-1754

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
62.6%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 2% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: July 10, 2007 (6882 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

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".

CWE

CWE-399

Affected Products

microsoft publisher

References

🔗 archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de 🔗 osvdb.org 🔗 research.eeye.com 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com