CVE-2005-1683: Microsoft Word

Low severity, CVSS 2.6. EPSS: 14.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in winword.exe 10.2627.6714 and earlier in Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, before SP3 for Word 2002, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted mcw file.

Affected products

• Microsoft Word: any version

Published 2005-05-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.