CVE-2000-0088

CVSS 2.0 Score 7.2 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Jan 20, 2000
Updated: Nov 20, 2024

Summary

CVE-2000-0088 is a significant buffer overflow vulnerability impacting conversion utilities for Word documents in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese languages. Maliciously crafted data can cause the buffer to overflow, enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. This issue, also known as the "Malformed Conversion Data" vulnerability, poses a serious threat to systems handling these document types. Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized system access or data corruption.

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Affected Products

  • Microsoft Office Word
  • Microsoft Office
  • Microsoft Office Powerpoint

Affected Vendors

  • Microsoft