Description of the security update for Microsoft Word 2000: April 12, 2005 (887977)
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SUMMARYMicrosoft 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: Issues that the security update fixesBesides 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
834003 Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3
hotfix package: January 13, 2004
835700 Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 2, 2004
837245 Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 26, 2004
838013 Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: March 17, 2004
843181 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 9, 2004
843611 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 14, 2004
870755 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 29, 2004
871249 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 7, 2004
871256 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 12, 2004
873332 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 26, 2004
873359 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: August 19, 2004
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.
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. | Application name | Application version | Module name | Module version | Offset | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.8313 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.8313 | 001cdd7d | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.8216 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.8216 | 001e9a97 | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.7407 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.7407 | 001838ca | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.6926 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.6926 | 001d3432 | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.4527 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.4527 | 001bed26 | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.8216 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.8216 | 0037698f | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.8216 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.8216 | 0037698d | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.6926 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.6926 | 003873bc | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.4527 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.4527 | 0038ce53 | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.4527 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.4527 | 0038ce51 | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.3822 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.3822 | 00415fe5 | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.3822 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.3822 | 00415fe3 | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.3822 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.3822 | 002028a8 | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.3822 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.3822 | 006e002e | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.2717 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.2717 | 003723ff | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.2717 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.2717 | 003723fd | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.2717 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.2717 | 0017a227 | | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.2717 | Winword.exe | 9.0.0.2717 | 3df80000 |
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/9/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbUpdate KbSECVulnerability KbSECBulletin kbSecurity KB887977 kbAudEndUser |
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