Secunia Advisory SA28901Microsoft Word File Information Block Memory Corruption
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Description
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Word, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to calculation errors when processing the "File Information Block" section. This can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted Word file. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. Solution Provided and/or discovered by Other references Deep Links Do you have additional information related to this advisory?Please provide information about patches, mitigating factors, new versions, exploits, faulty patches, links, and other relevant data by posting comments to this Advisory. You can also send this information to vuln@secunia.com
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