Microsoft Office Word File Processing CVE-2014-0259 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	64727
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2014-0259
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 14 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 14 2014 12:00AM
Credit:	Mateusz Jurczyk, Ivan Fratric, and Ben Hawkes of the Google Security Team
Vulnerable:	Microsoft Word 2007 SP3
Not Vulnerable:

Microsoft Office Word File Processing CVE-2014-0259 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Office is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability because it fails to properly handle objects in memory.

An attacker can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial-of-service conditions.

Microsoft Office Word File Processing CVE-2014-0259 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Microsoft Office Word File Processing CVE-2014-0259 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Microsoft Office Word File Processing CVE-2014-0259 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

References:

• Microsoft Homepage (Microsoft)
  
• Microsoft Office Product Homepage (Microsoft)