Microsoft KB Archive/887977

= Description of the security update for Microsoft Word 2000: April 12, 2005 =

Article ID: 887977

Article Last Modified on 9/9/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
Microsoft has released security bulletin MS05-023. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update for Microsoft Word 2000.. This includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the security bulletin, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
 * Home users:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/default.mspx
 * IT professionals:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-023.mspx



Issues that the security update fixes
Besides the issues that are described in the security bulletin, the security update for Microsoft Word 2000 (KB887977) addresses the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:  

830347 Description of the Word 2000 Security Patch: November 11, 2003



 

830816 Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 Hotfix Package: November 5, 2003



 

831958 Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: November 17, 2003



 

833844 Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: December 16, 2003

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834003 Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 13, 2004

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835700 Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 2, 2004

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837245 Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 26, 2004

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838013 Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: March 17, 2004

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843181 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 9, 2004

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843611 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 14, 2004

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870755 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 29, 2004

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871249 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 7, 2004

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871256 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 12, 2004

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873332 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 26, 2004

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873359 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: August 19, 2004

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Besides the issues that are described in the security bulletin, the Winword.exe for Microsoft Word 2000 (KB887977) addresses this issue that is not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
 * Square boxes and unwanted foreign characters appear when you open a Microsoft Word document in Word 2000.

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Error signature details
You may receive an error message that is similar to the following when you use Office 2000 products:

Microsoft product has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. To see what data this error report contains, click here.

When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that is similar to one of the following error signatures. These error signatures are fixed by this update.

Additional query words: Security Patch Performance Reliability Update Download Fix document Buffer overrun specially-crafted

Keywords: kbupdate kbsecvulnerability kbsecbulletin kbsecurity KB887977

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