Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2293194)

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS10-079.

The flaws are due to: - An uninitialized pointer error when processing malformed data in a Word file - An improper boundary check when processing certain data in a Word file - An error when handling index values within a Word document - A stack overflow error when processing malformed data within a Word document - An error when handling return values, bookmarks, pointers while parsing a specially crafted Word - A heap overflow error when handling malformed records within a Word file - An error when handling indexes while parsing a specially crafted Word file

Microsoft Word 2010 Microsoft Office Word Viewer Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office Word 2003 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office Word 2007 Service Pack 2 Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 2

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