Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word 2002 (10.6612.6714) SP3, and possibly other versions…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Word 2002 (10.6612.6714) SP3, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application exception) and possibly execute arbitrary code in winword.exe via certain unexpected values in a .doc file, including (1) an offset that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access, (2) a certain value that causes a large memory copy as triggered by an integer conversion error, and other values.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2004-0963
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-833j-h6cj-v3r8
References
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- TI-2018-00743 Out-of-bounds write in Microsoft Equation Editor KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2017-08774 Memory corruption in Microsoft Office KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-06184 Microsoft Word 2007 SP2, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word 2016… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2004-0963 · CVE Program
- CVE-2004-0963 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-833j-h6cj-v3r8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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