THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-0564
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-0564

Word vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
25.7%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Word 2000 and Word 2002, and Microsoft Works Suites 2000 through 2004, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .doc file with long font information.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Word
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2005-07-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 25.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-0564

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Word is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-0564.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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