Microsoft Word Malformed Document Font Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Microsoft Word Malformed Document Font Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Microsoft Word is affected by a remote buffer overflow vulnerability.

This vulnerability presents itself when a .doc file contains specific malformed input. Upon attempting to read the malformed .doc file, the affected application fails to properly validate data within the file. This may result in the attacker being able to control the flow of program execution.

Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the victim user attempting to access the malformed Word file.