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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2917 Date: 2005-06-17
Title: OLE Component Input Validation Vulnerability (Windows 2000)
Description: The OLE component in Windows 98, 2000, XP, and Server 2003, and Exchange Server 5.0 through 2003, does not properly validate the lengths of messages for certain OLE data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, aka the "Input Validation Vulnerability."
Version: 2 Class: vulnerability
Status: ACCEPTED Reference(s): CVE-2005-0044
Family: windows
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000 Product(s): Windows Media Player 9
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