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>> Microsoft Office Object Library "LsCreateLine()" Improper Memory Access Vulnerability
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Title : Microsoft Office Object Library "LsCreateLine()" Improper Memory Access Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-2720
CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-07-09
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A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Office, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to a memory access error in the "mso.dll" library when handling a malformed document, which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable application by convincing a user to open a specially crafted Word document.
Affected Products
Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Office 2003
Microsoft Word 2000
Microsoft Word 2002
Microsoft Word 2003
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2720
Credits
Vulnerability reported by naveed afzal
ChangeLog
2006-07-09 : Initial release
2006-07-10 : Updated Advisory
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