MEDIUM
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."
Published May 8, 2007
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 29.48%
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."
Affected products
No data.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
29.48% 0.29479
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.29479
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 29.48% (0.29479) | 98.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 29.48% (0.29479) | 97.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 20, 2026 | 63.99% (0.63990) | 98.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 10, 2025 | 58.16% (0.58163) | 98.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 56.26% (0.56256) | 97.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 57.30% (0.57301) | 97.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 56.26% (0.56256) | 97.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 62.19% (0.62193) | 98.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 85.52% (0.85521) | 98.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 26, 2024 | 74.34% (0.74343) | 98.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 11, 2024 | 68.67% (0.68670) | 97.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 67.04% (0.67038) | 97.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 26, 2023 | 56.28% (0.56278) | 97.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 18, 2023 | 58.45% (0.58450) | 97.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 10, 2023 | 41.02% (0.41018) | 96.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 8, 2023 | 37.21% (0.37212) | 96.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 44.59% (0.44586) | 96.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=525 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatch
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/555489 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/34388 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468871/100/200/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23836 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018013 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-128A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1709 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-024 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1900 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=525 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatch | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/555489 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/34388 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468871/100/200/threaded | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23836 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018013 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-128A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1709 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-024 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1900 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published May 8, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 2, 2007
Link CVE-2007-1202
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a