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TITLE:
Microsoft Windows Wordpad Word 97 Converter Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA41387

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-04-12

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DESCRIPTION:
Secunia Research has discovered two vulnerabilities in Microsoft
Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to array-indexing errors in the
Word 97 converter (mswrd8.wpc / mswrd864.wpc) when parsing cell
ranges supplied in sprmTTextFlow and sprmTSplit PRLs. This can be
exploited to corrupt memory outside the bounds of an allocated array
by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Word 97 document
using WordPad.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS11-033 (KB2485663):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS11-033.mspx

Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2011-33/

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXPLOIT:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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