Buffer overflow in Microsoft Works

CVE-2012-2550

Microsoft Works 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a crafted Word .doc file, aka "Works Heap Vulnerability."

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.667 (98.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Microsoft Works — versions 9.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

1027621 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
55796 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
50844 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
MS12-065 (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
TA12-283A (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)