Microsoft Word 2000 Security Update KB887977 (April 2005)

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Requirements
Microsoft Office 2000 with Microsoft Word installed

Applies to:
Microsoft Office 2003 with Microsoft Word installed

File Size
5.8MB

Author/Supplier
Microsoft

File Name
office2000-kb887977-fullfile-enu.exe

This is the whole list of additional fixes with the Microsoft knowledge base editorial at the front.
833844 Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: December 16, 2003
873332 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 26, 2004
830816 Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 Hotfix Package: November 5, 2003
843611 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 14, 2004
831958 Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: November 17, 2003
835700 Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 2, 2004
822812 Black bars obscure Word document when you use Screen Reader
834003 Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 13, 2004
873101 You get the “Disk is full” error message & Word quits unexpectedly when you try to save a document in Word 2000
870755 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 29, 2004
843181 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 9, 2004
871256 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 12, 2004
873320 The worth of the NUMPAGES field is incorrect on a page that contains a field that cross-references across pages in Word 2000
843611 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 14, 2004
871249 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 7, 2004
873321 The NUMPAGES field may not print as expected after you install Word 2000 Service Pack 3
871270 Memory usage increases every time that you run a VBA macro that references ProofreadingError objects from a document range in Word 2000
873359 Description of the Word 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: August 19, 2004
Square boxes & undesirable foreign characters appear when you open a Microsoft Word document in Word 2000.

Description
This security update for Microsoft Word 2000 is best described as a mini service pack. It features 19 fixes for Word 2000 – see below – and it addresses four important security issues. These security holes could permit a hacker or virus to get onto your technique (for the technically minded, the issue lies in four buffer underrun errors that could lead to remote code execution).

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