Microsoft Word Font Parsing Buffer Overflow (CVE-2005-0564)

Microsoft Word is a document authoring product released by the Microsoft Corporation. Its native file format is the Word Document. A Word Document has numerous properties which define the appearance of the document, text alignment, pictures and text font. The names of the fonts used in the docume...

CVE-2005-0564

The CVE-2005-0564 entry corresponds to a remote code execution vulnerability in Word 2000, Word 2002, and Microsoft Works Suite 2000–2004 caused by a font parsing buffer overflow. A specially crafted Word document containing long font information can trigger an unchecked boundary condition in the...