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CVE-2011-0093· NVD / CVE Program· CNA microsoft

ELEMENTS.DLL in Microsoft Visio 2002 SP2, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2 does not properly parse structures during the opening of a Visio file, whic

ELEMENTS.DLL in Microsoft Visio 2002 SP2, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2 does not properly parse structures during the opening of a Visio file, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a file containing a malformed structure, aka "Visio Data Type Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CriticalCVSS 9.3 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Feb 10, 2011
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
19.5% · 97th percentile
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Action score

43

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
6 / 30 · 19.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
microsoftvisio

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • microsoft visio2002
  • microsoft visio2003
  • microsoft visio2007

Same product

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    46Plan
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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    C · data can be read
    Integrity
    C · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    C · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    C
    Integrity impact
    C
    Availability impact
    C

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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