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Microsoft Office PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (975416)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS10-004.
Insight
Insight
Multiple flaws are due to: - Buffer overflow error when handling file paths. - Heap overflow error when processing 'LinkedSlideAtom' records. - Array indexing error when processing 'OEPlaceholderAtom' records with a specially crafted 'placementId' field. - Use-after-free error when processing 'OEPlaceholderAtom' records. - Stack overflow error when processing 'TextBytesAtom' records. - Stack overflow error when processing 'TextCharsAtom' records.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 SP 3 and prior. Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 SP 3 and prior.
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.