Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 and XP SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Office System SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Rich Text Format (.rtf) file with a malformed string that triggers a "memory calculation error" and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Object Parsing Vulnerability."
Published May 13, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 40.51%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 and XP SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Office System SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Rich Text Format (.rtf) file with a malformed string that triggers a "memory calculation error" and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Object Parsing Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
- 2000
- 2003
- 2003
- 2004
- 2007
- 2007_sp1
- 2008
- xp
- n/a
- n/a
- 2003
- 2003
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (27 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 40.51% (0.40511) | 98.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 40.04% (0.40042) | 98.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 64.11% (0.64114) | 98.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 18, 2025 | 62.38% (0.62379) | 98.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 58.72% (0.58718) | 98.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 61.49% (0.61492) | 97.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 58.72% (0.58718) | 98.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 87.79% (0.87788) | 98.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 83.82% (0.83816) | 98.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 23, 2024 | 68.75% (0.68748) | 98.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 15, 2024 | 72.45% (0.72454) | 98.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 7, 2024 | 69.51% (0.69507) | 98.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 2, 2024 | 65.83% (0.65826) | 97.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 25, 2024 | 63.08% (0.63080) | 97.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 19, 2024 | 61.80% (0.61801) | 97.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 13, 2024 | 56.20% (0.56202) | 97.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 9, 2024 | 68.76% (0.68762) | 97.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 70.40% (0.70400) | 97.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 28, 2023 | 73.22% (0.73222) | 97.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 22, 2023 | 74.38% (0.74380) | 97.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 17, 2023 | 78.19% (0.78186) | 97.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 10, 2023 | 75.93% (0.75932) | 97.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 7, 2023 | 74.14% (0.74143) | 97.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 20, 2023 | 71.70% (0.71697) | 97.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 73.34% (0.73339) | 97.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121129490723574&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30143 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/543907 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492020/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29104 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020013 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-134A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1504/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-023 x_refsource_MISC
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-026 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5494 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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