Description: Peter Winter-Smith has reported a vulnerability in various Microsoft Office products, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the WordPerfect Converter and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow if a user opens a malicious document.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code with the users privileges.
The vulnerability affects WordPerfect Converter 5.x, which is included in various Microsoft Office products.
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