Title: Microsoft Word / Excel / Powerpoint 2000 Object Tag Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
The HTML interpreter in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint 2000 does not properly check bounds in the Object tag when handling HTML files saved as Office documents. Therefore, it is possible to crash the application or execute arbitrary code on the system, depending on the data used in conjunction with the Object tag.
Affected Products:
- Microsoft Excel 2000
- Microsoft Office 2000
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
- Microsoft Word 2000
References:
- Microsoft: Frequently Asked Questions: Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS00-056)
- Microsoft: Q269880: OFF2000: Microsoft Office 2000 HTML Data Security Update Available
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