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 Dec 10, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 38.06%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 2004
- 2008
- n/a
- n/a
- 2003
- 2003
- n/a
- 8.0
Configuration 2
- 2007
- 2007
- 2000
- 2002
- 2003
- 2007
Running on/with
- 2000
- 2003
- xp
- n/a
- sp1
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 (24 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 38.06% (0.38057) | 98.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 38.06% (0.38057) | 98.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 63.82% (0.63818) | 98.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 18, 2025 | 69.89% (0.69893) | 98.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 1, 2025 | 66.89% (0.66891) | 98.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 68.81% (0.68806) | 98.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 61.19% (0.61191) | 97.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 68.81% (0.68806) | 98.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 22, 2025 | 87.47% (0.87468) | 98.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 89.40% (0.89401) | 99.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 6, 2024 | 62.50% (0.62502) | 97.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 69.01% (0.69007) | 98.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 81.25% (0.81249) | 98.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 15, 2024 | 89.63% (0.89625) | 98.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 8, 2024 | 91.57% (0.91566) | 98.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 17, 2023 | 92.58% (0.92580) | 98.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 10, 2023 | 93.87% (0.93871) | 98.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 94.64% (0.94635) | 98.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2023 | 94.96% (0.94958) | 98.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 94.99% (0.94991) | 98.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| May 13, 2022 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 12, 2022 | 49.76% (0.49756) | 98.31th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 55.10% (0.55095) | 98.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499063/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-085 x_refsource_MISC
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6096 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499063/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-085 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6096 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
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