CVE-2017-2791 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in JustSystems Ichitaro 2016 Trial, triggered by opening a specially crafted PowerPoint file. The application mishandles an error case, leading to an invalid pointer calculation and subsequent data read into an incorrect memory address. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) but could result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H), potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:justsystems:ichitaro:2016:*:*:*:trial:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.