MS.Word.RTF.Stack.Exhaustion.DoS

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This indicates an attack attempt on a Denial of Service vulnerability in Microsoft Word.
This issue is caused by an error in the vulnerable software when handling malformed RTF files. It may allow remote attackers to crash the vulnerable software by sending a crafted RTF file.

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Microsoft Word

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Denial of Service.

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Currently we are not aware of any vendor supplied patch for this issue.

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Coverage

IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)

Version Updates

Date Version Detail
2019-01-04 13.518 Sig Added
2018-10-26 13.480 Sig Added