Microsoft WordPad and Office Text converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability( 09 December 2009 )
Last Update Date:
28 Jan 2011
Release Date:
9 Dec 2009
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RISK: Medium Risk
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that text converters in Microsoft WordPad and Microsoft Office Word process memory when a user opens a specially crafted Word 97 file.
Impact
- Remote Code Execution
System / Technologies affected
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Office XP
- Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3 - Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office Word 2003 Service Pack 3 - Microsoft Works 8.5
- Microsoft Office Converter Pack
Solutions
Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.
Download locations for this patch
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3 - Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office Word 2003 Service Pack 3 - Microsoft Works 8.5
- Microsoft Office Converter Pack
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