Memory corruption in Ichitaro - CVE-2013-0707
Published: January 17, 2017 / Updated: March 13, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU4800
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0707
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: JustSystems Corporation
Affected software:
Ichitaro
Ichitaro
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to boundary error when processing office documents. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted document, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
The weakness exists due to boundary error when processing office documents. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted document, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-0707
Install update from vendor's website.