Publisher vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.
Publisher is made by Microsoft. We track 43 published vulnerabilities in it, across 7 versions. 2 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 12 August 2025. If you run Publisher, check your version against the exploited flaws below and patch those first.
The most recent Publisher flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2007-0671, on 12 August 2025. We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Which versions of Publisher do the exploited flaws hit?
Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, as published by the vendor. Find your version, then patch.
- CVE-2007-0671Exploited list, 12 Aug 2025
Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
200020022003 - CVE-2024-38226Exploited list, 10 Sep 2024
Microsoft Publisher Protection Mechanism Failure Vulnerability
2016
Which Publisher vulnerabilities are being exploited?
2 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.
- 8.8Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office Excel contains a remote code execution vulnerability that can be exploited when a specially crafted Excel file is opened.
- 7.3Microsoft Publisher Protection Mechanism Failure Vulnerability
Microsoft Publisher contains a protection mechanism failure vulnerability that allows attacker to bypass Office macro policies used to block untrusted or malicious files.
Which Publisher flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- 49%CVE-2004-0200Critical
Buffer overflow in the JPEG (JPG) parsing engine in the Microsoft Graphic Device Interface Plus (GDI+) component, GDIPlus.dll, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JPEG image with a small JPEG COM...
- 43%
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, XP, 2003, and 2004 for Mac, and possibly other Office products, allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors, as...
- 42%CVE-2006-0001Critical
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Publisher 2000 through 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PUB file, which causes an overflow when parsing fonts.
- 37%CVE-2008-0102Critical
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher 2000, 2002, and 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .pub file, related to invalid "memory values," aka "Publisher Invalid...
- 33%CVE-2007-1754Critical
PUBCONV.DLL in Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 does not properly clear memory when transferring data from disk to memory, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed .pub...
- 29%CVE-2013-1320Critical
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Publisher 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Publisher file, aka "Publisher Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."
- 29%CVE-2008-0104Critical
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher 2000, 2002, and 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .pub file, aka "Publisher Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
- 29%CVE-2011-3410Critical
Array index error in Microsoft Publisher 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2 and SP3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Publisher file that leverages incorrect handling of values in memory, aka...
- 27%CVE-2011-3411Critical
Microsoft Publisher 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Publisher file that leverages incorrect handling of values in memory, aka "Publisher Invalid Pointer Vulnerability."
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Microsoft Office Excel contains a remote code execution vulnerability that can be exploited when a specially crafted Excel file is opened. This malicious file could be delivered as an email attachment or hosted on a malicious website. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability by creating a specially crafted Excel file, which, when opened, allowing an attacker to execute remote code on the affected system.
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We track 43 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Publisher, across 7 versions. The most recent Publisher flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2007-0671, on 12 August 2025.
2 are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2007-0671 and CVE-2024-38226.
Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2007-0671, affects 2000, 2002, 2003. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.
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