Microsoft KB Archive/838537

= FIX: A large database record property that is added to the object store may cause heap corruption in Windows CE .NET 4.2 =

Article ID: 838537

Article Last Modified on 5/27/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows CE .NET 4.2

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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Windows CE .NET 4.2, a record that is added to the object store may cause heap corruption if the record contains a property that is 4091 bytes or larger. For example, this problem may occur with attachments to Calendar items. The heap corruption may cause server synchronization to stop working.



Software update information
A supported software update is now available from Microsoft as Windows CE 4.2 Core OS QFE 838537. To resolve this problem immediately, click the following article number for information about obtaining Windows CE Platform Builder and core operating system software updates:

837392 How to locate core operating system fixes for Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder products

Prerequisites
This update is supported only if all previously issued updates for this product have also been installed.

Restart requirement
After you install this update, you must perform a clean build of the whole platform. To clean the platform, click Clean on the Build menu. To build the platform, click Build Platform on the Build menu. You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this update.

Update replacement information
This update does not replace any other updates.

File information
The English version of this package has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table.   Date         Time                      Size    File name --

31-Mar-2004 21:14  4.2.4.331         813,816  Wincepb42-040331-kb838537-armv4.exe 31-Mar-2004 21:14  4.2.4.331         813,816  Wincepb42-040331-kb838537-armv4i.exe 31-Mar-2004 21:14  4.2.4.331         834,296  Wincepb42-040331-kb838537-mipsii.exe 31-Mar-2004 21:14  4.2.4.331         834,296  Wincepb42-040331-kb838537-mipsii_fp.exe 31-Mar-2004 21:14  4.2.4.331         838,392  Wincepb42-040331-kb838537-mipsiv.exe 31-Mar-2004 21:14  4.2.4.331         838,392  Wincepb42-040331-kb838537-mipsiv_fp.exe 31-Mar-2004 21:14  4.2.4.331         797,432  Wincepb42-040331-kb838537-sh3.exe 31-Mar-2004 21:14  4.2.4.331         797,432  Wincepb42-040331-kb838537-sh4.exe 31-Mar-2004 21:14  4.2.4.331         756,472  Wincepb42-040331-kb838537-x86.exe The English version of this update has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name --

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4\Debug 17-Mar-2004 00:46                    512,820  Fsdbase.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4\Retail 17-Mar-2004 00:46                    275,364  Fsdbase.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4i\Debug 17-Mar-2004 00:46                    513,364  Fsdbase.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4i\Retail 17-Mar-2004 00:46                    275,830  Fsdbase.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Debug 17-Mar-2004 00:46                    537,140  Fsdbase.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Retail 17-Mar-2004 00:46                    283,468  Fsdbase.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Debug 17-Mar-2004 00:47                    537,164  Fsdbase.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Retail 17-Mar-2004 00:46                    283,440  Fsdbase.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Debug 17-Mar-2004 00:47                    545,380  Fsdbase.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Retail 17-Mar-2004 00:47                    286,170  Fsdbase.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Debug 17-Mar-2004 00:47                    545,388  Fsdbase.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Retail 17-Mar-2004 00:47                    286,138  Fsdbase.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Sh3\Debug 17-Mar-2004 00:47                    422,542  Fsdbase.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Sh3\Retail 17-Mar-2004 00:47                    239,956  Fsdbase.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Sh4\Debug 17-Mar-2004 00:47                    422,340  Fsdbase.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Sh4\Retail 17-Mar-2004 00:47                    239,564  Fsdbase.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\X86\Debug 17-Mar-2004 00:46                    425,624  Fsdbase.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\X86\Retail 17-Mar-2004 00:46                    202,498  Fsdbase.lib



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB838537

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