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wv2 Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The wv2 library is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to the library's failure to properly bounds-check user-supplied input before copying it to an insufficiently sized memory buffer.

This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of applications that use the affected library to parse malicious Microsoft Word files.

Version 0.2.2 of the wv2 library is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.