Microsoft Word Unspecified Document File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Microsoft Word Unspecified Document File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Microsoft Word is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to do proper bounds checking on user-supplied data. Microsoft has not specified exactly where the error may occur. This could result in execution of arbitrary code in the context of a user who opens the malicious document.

Internet Explorer is a likely attack vector as Word may be opened to handle the document when the user clicks a link.