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WordPad and Office Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability (960477)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS09-010.

Insight

Insight

- Input validation error when parsing document files i.e. Office files, RTF, Wordperfect files or Write files.

Affected Software

Affected Software

WordPad on MS Windows 2K/XP/2K3 MS Office 2000 Word Service Pack 3 MS Office XP Word Service Pack 3 MS Office Converters Pack

Solution

Solution

The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)