Microsoft Word 6.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Word 6.0. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2004-0901. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Word 6.0 (Word Processing Software) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0 Converter (MSWRD632.WPC), as used in WordPad, does not properly validate certain data lengths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .wri, .rtf, and .doc file sent by email or malicious web site, aka "Font Conversion Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0571.

The weakness was presented 01/10/2005 by Lord YuP (iDefense) with iDEFENSE as MS04-041 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-0901 since 09/22/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/12/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15966 (MS04-041: Vulnerabilities in WordPad (885836)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90202 (Microsoft WordPad Remote Code Execution (MS04-041)).

Applying the patch MS04-041 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 31367.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18390), Tenable (15966), SecurityFocus (BID 11929†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6495†). See VDB-1038 for similar entry. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 15966
Nessus Name: MS04-041: Vulnerabilities in WordPad (885836)
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Patch: MS04-041
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS04-041
Researcher: Lord YuP (iDefense)
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0901 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0901
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23648

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X-Force: 18390
SecurityFocus: 11929 - Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0 Converter Font Conversion Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 6495 - [MS04-041] Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0 Converter Font Conversion Vulnerability Enables Code Execu, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 12:14
Updated: 07/12/2025 19:20
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (70), 06/07/2019 14:15 (8), 07/12/2025 19:20 (17)
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