Description: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Works, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
1) A boundary error in the Works File Converter (wkcvqd01.dll) when processing section length headers can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted Works (.wps) file.
2) An error in the Works File Converter when processing section header index table information can be exploited via a specially crafted Works (.wps) file.
3) An error in the Works File Converter when processing field length information can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted Works (.wps) file.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of arbitrary code.
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Provided and/or discovered by: 1) Reported by sillypea via VeriSign iDefense VCP.
2) The vendor credits IBM ISS X-Force.
3) Reported by Damian Put via VeriSign iDefense VCP.
Changelog: 2008-02-13: Added additional information from iDefense.
2008-02-27: Added link to IBM ISS.
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