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Microsoft PowerPoint Invalid Container Object Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA22394
Release Date: 2006-10-13
Last Update: 2006-11-11
Popularity: 24,436 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
Microsoft Powerpoint 2003

Binary Analysis: BA3 :: Available for 1 Credit

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Nanika has discovered a bug in Microsoft PowerPoint, which can be exploited by malicious people to crash the application.

The bug is caused due to a NULL pointer dereference error when processing a PowerPoint presentation containing a container object with an invalid "position" value that is larger than the container's record length.

Originally, Microsoft stated, contrary to Secunia's internal findings, that successful exploitation could allow execution of arbitrary code. However, Microsoft has now officially retracted this statement and concludes in thread with Secunia that it's only possible to crash the application.

The bug is confirmed in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003. Other versions may also be affected.

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