Description
Microsoft Windows Explorer on Windows 2000 SP4 FR and XP SP2 FR, and possibly other versions and platforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via an Office file with crafted document summary information, which causes an error in Ole32.dll.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Windows - '.doc' Malformed Pointers Denial of Service EDB-3419 · dos · Mar 6, 2007 · verified
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