Microsoft WordPad Word97 text converter buffer overflow

Added: 04/23/2009 CVE: CVE-2009-0235 BID: 34470 OSVDB: 53664 Background The Microsoft WordPad Word 97 text converter allows Windows users who do not have Microsoft Word to open Word 97 files. Problem A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Word 97 text converter allows command execution when a use...

Memory corruption

The WordPad Text Converter for Word 97 files in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted 1 .doc, 2 .wri, or 3 .rtf Word 97 file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in December 2008. NOTE: ...

CVE-2008-4841

The WordPad Text Converter for Word 97 files in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted 1 .doc, 2 .wri, or 3 .rtf Word 97 file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in December 2008. NOTE: ...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2008-4841

The WordPad Text Converter for Word 97 files in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted 1 .doc, 2 .wri, or 3 .rtf Word 97 file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in December 2008. NOTE: ...

CVE-2008-4841: Undefined Security Weakness

The WordPad Text Converter for Word 97 files in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted 1 .doc, 2 .wri, or 3 .rtf Word 97 file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in December 2008. NOTE: ...