CVE-2009-2506

Critical

Description

Integer overflow in the text converters in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3; Works 8.5; Office Converter Pack; and WordPad in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DOC file with an invalid number of property names in the DocumentSummaryInformation stream, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Windows
PublishedDec 9, 2009
First seenDec 9, 2009

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft windows_2000No range specified—
microsoft windows_server_2003No range specified—
microsoft windows_xpNo range specified—
microsoft office_converter_packNo range specified—
microsoft office_word2002, 2003—
microsoft wordpadNo range specified—
microsoft works8.5—

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