-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In reply to: Sender: Oliver Reeves <Oliver.Reevesat_private> Subject: Word 2000 DDE error on Win2K Dated: 29 May 2001, Time: 9:55 > Morning All, > > I'm not sure if this is a known bug in Word 2000, and I can't find out > right now as I don't have web access from my PC at work. > > I can consistently crash Word 2000 using the following method: > > 1) Open up any text/document editor such as notepad or wordpad > 2) type a single word (must be a known word, no punctuation). > 3) highlight the whole word and CTRL+C > 4) launch word 2000 > 5) CTRL+V > 6) press HOME to take you to the start of the line > 7) type I > 8) hit the space bar > > this consistenly crashes word 2000 for me, and i get the following error > message: > > DDE Server Window: WINWORD.EXE - Application Error > The instruction at "0x3076a63e" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The > memory could not be "read". > > I am running: > Win2K 5.00.2195 > Word 2000 9.0.3821 SR-1 Hi Oliver I'm unsure exactly what the character is in (7), but I went with 1, I and | and didn't reproduce the problem under a Windows 4.10.2222.A (98SE) box running Office 2K Premium (9.0.2720) Cheers > > I doubt that this would be exploitable, but I thought I'd find out if > any of you could reproduce it. > > Thanks > Oliver. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 -- QDPGP 2.61c Comment: Pegasus and QDPGP... a secure alternative iQA/AwUBOxLg6gp4btZbl/PZEQLtmQCgt3nA0f9erfEnODwwnqvH8UEig1AAn3+9 3TJglmSlA9jkZZE/76mcfNs1 =f5ue -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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