PT-2004-1981 · Microsoft · Office Word

Published 2004-10-20 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2004-0963

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Word versions prior to the fixed version

Description: The issue is related to a buffer overflow in Microsoft Word, which can be triggered by certain unexpected values in a .doc file. This includes an offset that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access and a certain value that causes a large memory copy due to an integer conversion error. The buffer overflow can cause a denial of service, resulting in an application exception, and potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code in winword.exe.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Word 2002 (10.6612.6714) SP3 and possibly other affected versions, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent potential exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0963

Affected Products

Office Word

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0963 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-023 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1795 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2216 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A420 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17635 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2105 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109716247230733&w=2 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0963 · Note