Word 2008 crashes when pfd files are inserted

Question

I wonder if anyone at Apple are looking into the issue that seem to be confirmed by many reports in different forums: That Word 2008 do crash if a pdf document is inserted into a document saved in the .doc format - not the never .docx format.
Some has advised to save the document in the .docx and then with one or more other applications open and save the document in other formats and eventually ending up in the .doc format with a working document.
No fix has be reported to be launched soon from Microsoft. So what does Apple say?
Although this might be a rather long shot I was wondering if the pdf issue in Word 2008 might have anything to do with the way Mac OS treats the pdf files? The Security Update 2008-005 from Apple dealt with pdf files - and might have changed the performance of other applications - or what?
The security update said
"CoreGraphics--CVE-2008-2322--An integer overflow in the handling of PDF files may result in a heap buffer overflow. Viewing a maliciously crafted PDF file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through additional validation of PDF files. Credit to Pariente Kobi working with the iDefense VCP for reporting this issue."
Message was edited by: John Christiansen
Message was edited by: John Christiansen

Answer 1

I understand your point, but please read the info on the security update that was inserted into my message - there seem to be something with pdf documents and security - and one might speculate if
this might also affect applications ??
But apparently you are a great expert and I'm not so ....