CVE-2009-2506: Buffer Overflow
First published: Wed Dec 09 2009(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secure@microsoft.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp4 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP | =sp3 | |
| Microsoft Office Converter Pack | ||
| Microsoft Office Word | =2002-sp3 | |
| Microsoft Office Word | =2003-sp3 | |
| Microsoft WordPad | ||
| Microsoft Works | =8.5 |
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Reference Links
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=834
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100070184
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37216
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5846
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-073
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