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Effect Office Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Crash the Application

by Donna Buenaventura Nov 20, 2003 3:34PM PST

SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1008257
CVE Reference: GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
Date: Nov 20 2003
Impact: Denial of service via network
Exploit Included: Yes
Version(s): 2.9
Description: A vulnerability was reported in Effect Office. A remote user can cause the target service to crash.

D_bug reported that Effect Office contains a buffer overflow. A remote user can connect to the system and send specially crafted text to cause the target application to crash.

Impact: A remote user can cause the target application to crash.

Solution: No solution was available at the time of this entry.

Vendor URL: www.effectoffice.com/
Cause: Boundary error
Underlying OS: Windows (Any)

http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2003/Nov/1008257.html