CVE-2011-1972

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
55.4%
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: August 10, 2011 (5391 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Visio 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010 Gold and SP1 does not properly validate objects in memory during Visio file parsing, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, aka "pStream Release RCE Vulnerability."

CWE

CWE-20

Affected Products

microsoft visio

References

🔗 www.us-cert.gov 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 oval.cisecurity.org 🔗 www.us-cert.gov 🔗 docs.microsoft.com