HIGH
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, 2003 SP2, Excel Viewer 2003 up to SP3, and Office 2004 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document that triggers memory corruption from an "allocation error," aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Published Mar 11, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 34.84%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, 2003 SP2, Excel Viewer 2003 up to SP3, and Office 2004 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document that triggers memory corruption from an "allocation error," aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
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
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
34.84% 0.34842
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.34842
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 34.84% (0.34842) | 98.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 34.84% (0.34842) | 98.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 10, 2025 | 79.32% (0.79322) | 99.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 75.86% (0.75862) | 98.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 80.91% (0.80908) | 98.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 75.86% (0.75862) | 98.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 74.76% (0.74763) | 98.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 95.23% (0.95231) | 99.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 6, 2024 | 95.29% (0.95292) | 99.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 31, 2024 | 94.65% (0.94648) | 99.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 23, 2024 | 95.12% (0.95124) | 99.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 10, 2024 | 95.04% (0.95040) | 99.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 95.48% (0.95483) | 99.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 26, 2023 | 95.55% (0.95551) | 99.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 15, 2023 | 95.62% (0.95615) | 99.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 95.63% (0.95633) | 98.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 72.65% (0.72651) | 99.26th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 72.65% (0.72651) | 99.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29321 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28146 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019578 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0848/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-016 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5190 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29321 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28146 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019578 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0848/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-016 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5190 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Mar 11, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 7, 2008
Link CVE-2008-0118
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a