Microsoft Office Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 08/06/2022. Patch affected systems as an emergency.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
| office | = 2000= 2003= 2004= 2007= 2008= xp | |
| office compatibility pack | = 2007 | |
| office word viewer | = 2003 |
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 and 2008; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Word Viewer; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a crafted tag containing an invalid length field, aka "Word Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."
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