CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4837
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-12-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Word Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; and Microsoft Works 8 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word document that contains a malformed table property, which triggers memory corruption, aka "Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft office 2004
• microsoft office 2008
• microsoft office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007
• microsoft office word viewer 2003
• microsoft open xml file format converter
• microsoft works 8.0
• microsoft office outlook 2007
• microsoft office word 2000
• microsoft office word 2002
• microsoft office word 2003
• microsoft office word 2007
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499064/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086 www.zerodayinitiative.com
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086/ www.zerodayinitiative.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5982 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499064/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086 www.zerodayinitiative.com
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086/ www.zerodayinitiative.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5982 oval.cisecurity.org