>> Microsoft PowerPoint Invalid Container Object Client-Side Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : Microsoft PowerPoint Invalid Container Object Client-Side Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4031 CVE ID : CVE-2006-5296
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-10-13
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft PowerPoint, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to a NULL pointer dereference error when processing a presentation containing a container object with an invalid "position" value, which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable application by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted document.
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