CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-2791

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

JustSystems Ichitaro 2016 Trial contains a vulnerability that occurs when trying to open a specially crafted PowerPoint file. The application incorrectly handles the error case for a function's result, leading to reading data from the file into an invalid memory address.

Risk Assessment

Under the right conditions, this vulnerability can lead to code execution under the context of the application, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the application to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor the system for unauthorized activities.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS