Microsoft Office Word: Document Stack Overflow Vulnerability

Users of Microsoft Office Word please be advised of a Document Stack Overflow vulnerability that has been identified.

To view this vulnerability, possible remedies, and others please check out the Security Advisories at Critical Watch (http://criticalwatch.com/support/security-advisories.aspx)

Amplify’d from www.criticalwatch.com

CVE-2010-3214: Microsoft Office Word Document Stack Overflow Vulnerability

. AFFECTED PRODUCTS --------------------------- Microsoft Office 2010 Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office 2002 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Microsoft Office Web Apps Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 2 Open XML File Format Converter for Mac Microsoft Word Viewer

. DESCRIPTION --------------------- VUPEN Vulnerability Research Team discovered a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word. The vulnerability is caused by a stack overflow error when processing certain structures in a Word document, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Word file. Read more at www.criticalwatch.com

 

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