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CVE-2009-2506

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2009-12-09 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the text converters in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3; Works 8.5; Office Converter Pack; and WordPad in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DOC file with an invalid number of property names in the DocumentSummaryInformation stream, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft WorksMicrosoft Windows XpMicrosoft Office Converter PackMicrosoft Windows Server 2003Microsoft Office WordMicrosoft Windows 2000Microsoft Wordpad

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References