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CVE-2000-0088

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-01-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the conversion utilities for Japanese, Korean and Chinese Word 5 documents allows an attacker to execute commands, aka the "Malformed Conversion Data" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 97, 2000
• Microsoft Office Converter Pack: 2000.0
• Microsoft PowerPoint for Android: 97, 2000
• Microsoft Word for Android: 97, 98, 2000

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/946
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-002
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/946
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-002

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