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CVE-2008-4028in critical feed

Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Outlook 2007 Gold and SP1; Word Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office…

Published 17 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
38.1%
percentile 99%
Public exploits
0
none known

Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Outlook 2007 Gold and SP1; Word Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted control words related to multiple Drawing Object tags in (1) an RTF file or (2) a rich text e-mail message, which triggers incorrect memory allocation and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Word RTF Object Parsing Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4030.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

38.06% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.09.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-08-085/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/499063/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1021370 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • us-cert.gov /cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/3384 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6096 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-08-085 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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