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CVE-2008-4028


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.


Published

2008-12-10T14:00:00.847

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application microsoft office 2004 Yes
Application microsoft office 2008 Yes
Application microsoft office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007 * Yes
Application microsoft office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007 * Yes
Application microsoft office_word_viewer 2003 Yes
Application microsoft office_word_viewer 2003 Yes
Application microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter * Yes
Application microsoft works 8.0 Yes
Application microsoft office_outlook 2007 Yes
Application microsoft office_outlook 2007 Yes
Application microsoft office_word 2000 Yes
Application microsoft office_word 2002 Yes
Application microsoft office_word 2003 Yes
Application microsoft office_word 2007 Yes
Application microsoft office 2000 No
Application microsoft office 2003 No
Application microsoft office xp No
Operating System microsoft office_system * No
Operating System microsoft office_system sp1 No

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