CVE-2007-1202

Medium

Description

Word (or Word Viewer) in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, 2003 SP2, 2004 for Mac, and Works Suite 2004, 2005, and 2006 does not properly parse certain rich text "property strings of certain control words," which allows user-assisted remote attackers to trigger heap corruption and execute arbitrary code, aka the "Word RTF Parsing Vulnerability."

SeverityMedium

CVSS6.8

Exploit probability—

Product

Microsoft Word

PublishedMay 8, 2007

First seenMay 8, 2007

How to fix

Vendor advisories

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-024

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
microsoft word	2000, 2002, 2003, 2004	—
microsoft word_viewer	2003	—
microsoft works	2004, 2005, 2006	—

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