CVE-2023-21738 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Office Visio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02748.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

Microsoft Office 2019

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`19.0.0`	affected	< https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

Microsoft

Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`16.0.1`	affected	< https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

Microsoft

Microsoft Office LTSC 2021

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`16.0.1`	affected	< https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-::::enterprise:::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:::::::*

No data.

No data.

Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	365 Apps Subscribe Office Subscribe Office Long Term Servicing Channel Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-25905	Microsoft Office Visio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21738

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-01-10T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-28T21:14:50.532Z

Reserved: 2022-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-21738

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T09:51:50.288Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-10T22:15:17.660

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:43:32.607

Link: CVE-2023-21738

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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