Microsoft Word Insufficient Pointer Validation Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
20 Jun 2011 17:28
Release Date:
20 Jun 2011
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RISK: High Risk
TYPE: Clients - Productivity Products
A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Word, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. It is caused due to a certain value in a document being used as a pointer, which can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted document.
Note: It is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch available
Impact
- Remote Code Execution
System / Technologies affected
- Microsoft Office XP
- Microsoft Word 2002
Solutions
- It is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch available
- Workaround: Do not open Office files from untrusted sources.
Vulnerability Identifier
- No CVE information is available
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