The vulnerability of the editor for mathematical formulas and equations in the Microsoft Word text editor, as well as in the Microsoft Office suite of programs and the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack, allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the editor for mathematical formulas and equations in the Microsoft Word text editor, as well as in the Microsoft Office suite of programs and the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack, arises due to an operation that goes beyond the buffer in memory. Exploiting this...