PT-2005-1612 · Microsoft · Office Word+1

Lord Yup · Published 2005-07-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2005-0564

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Word versions 2000 through 2002 Microsoft Works Suites versions 2000 through 2004

Description A stack-based buffer overflow issue might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .doc file with long font information.

Recommendations For Microsoft Word versions 2000 through 2002, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Works Suites versions 2000 through 2004, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of .doc files with long font information until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0564

Affected Products

Office Word

Works Suite

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0564 · Security Note
• http://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=281&type=vulnerabilities · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-035 · Vendor Advisory
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/218621 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-193A.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1190 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1331 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0564 · Note