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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5846
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37216
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_idefense
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=834
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-073
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100070184
Scores
EPSS
0.3123
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-189
Status
published
Products (8)
microsoft/office_converter_pack
microsoft/office_word
2002 sp3
microsoft/office_word
2003 sp3
microsoft/windows_2000
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_xp
(3 CPE variants)
microsoft/wordpad
microsoft/works
8.5
Published
Dec 09, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026