Microsoft Office Word: Short Sign Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Users of Microsoft Office Word please be advised of a Short Sign Memory Corruption 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-2010-3221: Microsoft Office Word Short Sign Memory Corruption Vulnerability

. AFFECTED PRODUCTS --------------------------- Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 Microsoft Word Viewer

. DESCRIPTION --------------------- VUPEN Vulnerability Research Team discovered a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word. The vulnerability is caused by a memory corruption when parsing certain data 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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