(MS15-046) Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3057181)
Severity: HIGH
CVE Identifier: CVE-2015-1682,CVE-2015-1683
Advisory Date: AUG 16, 2015
DESCRIPTION
This update resolves remote code execution vulnerabilities found in several versions of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Server, and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps. The vulnerability exists in the way the aforementioned applications parse specially crafted Office files in memory.
SOLUTION
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Office 2013 RT Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 RT Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Office for Mac 2011
- Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac 2011
- Microsoft Word for Mac 2011
- Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer
- Word Automation Services (Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2)
- Excel Services (Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2)
- Excel Services (Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1)
- Word Automation Services (Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1)
- Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1
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