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CVE-2004-0901
- Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 31.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2004-12-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Description
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.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: enterprise, enterprise_64-bit, r2, standard, web
- Microsoft Windows 98: all versions
- Microsoft Windows 98Se: all versions
- Microsoft Windows Me: all versions
- Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0, 4.0-sp1, 4.0-sp2, 4.0-sp3, 4.0-sp4, 4.0-sp5 (+2)
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions
References
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-055.shtml
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=162&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-041
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18338
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1241
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1655
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3310
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3882
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4076
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4576
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4749
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A539
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