\listoverridecount corruption — CVE-2014-1761

CVE_2014_1761

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What it means

RTF \listoverridecount with abnormally large value.

Why it fires

CVE-2014-1761 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Word triggered by an excessively large \listoverridecount value in an RTF document. The vulnerability allows arbitrary code execution and was used in targeted attacks. The rule fires only when \listoverridecount has a numeric value at or above 2048, not on ordinary list metadata.

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