Microsoft KB Archive/927051

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MS07-030: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visio could allow remote code execution

Article ID: 927051

Article Last Modified on 8/13/2007

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003
• Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2003
• Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional Edition
• Microsoft Visio 2002 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS07-030. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update. This information includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites, depending on whether you are a home user or an IT professional:

• Home users:

  http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200706.mspx

• IT professionals:

  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-030.mspx

Known issues

Microsoft Office Visio 2003

You may experience one of the following known issues when you try to work with an AutoCAD 2000 .dwg file or an AutoCAD 2000 .dxf file in Visio 2003:

• You have an AutoCAD 2000 .dwg file that was saved in AutoCAD 2007 or in AutoCAD 2008. When you try to open or to insert the .dwg file in Visio 2003, you may receive one of the following error messages:
  
  Error message 1

  Runtime Error!
  
  Program: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Visio11\Visio.exe
  
  abnormal program termination

  Error message 2
  
  

  Microsoft Office Visio has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

  To work around this problem, save the AutoCAD .dwg file in AutoCAD 14 .dwg format instead of in AutoCAD 2000 .dwg format.
• You have an AutoCAD 2000 .dxf file that was saved in AutoCAD 2007 or in AutoCAD 2008. When you try to open or to insert the .dxf file in Visio 2003, Visio may stop responding (hang). Or, you may receive the following error message:

  Microsoft Visio has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

  To work around this problem, save the AutoCAD .dxf file in AutoCAD 12 .dxf format instead of in AutoCAD 2000 .dxf format.

Microsoft Visio 2002

You may experience one of the following known issues when you try to work with an AutoCAD 2000 .dwg file or an AutoCAD 2000 .dxf file in Visio 2002:

• You have an AutoCAD 2000 .dwg file that was saved in AutoCAD 2007 or in AutoCAD 2008. When you try to open or to insert the .dwg file in Visio 2002, you may receive one of the following error messages:
  
  Error message 1

  Runtime Error!
  
  Program: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Visio10\Visio.exe
  
  abnormal program termination

  Error message 2
  
  

  Microsoft Visio has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

  To work around this problem, save the AutoCAD .dwg file in AutoCAD 14 .dwg format instead of in AutoCAD 2000 .dwg format.
• You have an AutoCAD 2000 .dxf file that was saved in AutoCAD 2007 or in AutoCAD 2008. When you try to open or to insert the .dxf file in Visio 2002, Visio may stop responding (hang). Or, you may receive the following error message:

  Microsoft Visio has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

  To work around this problem, save the AutoCAD .dxf file in AutoCAD 12 .dxf format instead of in AutoCAD 2000 .dxf format.

REFERENCES

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

931281 Description of the security update for Visio 2003: June 12, 2007

931280 Description of the security update for Visio 2002: June 12, 2007

Additional query words: security_patch security_update bug flaw malicious attacker exploit registry unauthenticated buffer overrun overflow specially-formed scope specially-crafted denial of service DoS TSE

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbsecvulnerability kbqfe kbsecurity kbsecbulletin kbpubtypekc kbexpertiseinter kbexpertisebeginner KB927051

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