National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0563

Overview

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."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: MS

Name: MS09-027

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-027.mspx

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-035

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-035

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1546

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1546

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1022356

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022356

External Source: BID

Name: 35188

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35188

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090610 ZDI-09-035: Microsoft Word Document Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504204/100/0/threaded

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 54959

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/54959