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."
Published Dec 10, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 37.42%
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 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 2, 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 2, 2026 | 37.42% (0.37422) | 98.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 37.42% (0.37422) | 98.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 66.22% (0.66218) | 98.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 18, 2025 | 71.94% (0.71941) | 98.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 1, 2025 | 69.12% (0.69123) | 98.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 70.92% (0.70923) | 98.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 63.72% (0.63719) | 97.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 70.92% (0.70923) | 98.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 80.17% (0.80169) | 98.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 6, 2024 | 62.00% (0.62005) | 97.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 68.57% (0.68568) | 98.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 26, 2024 | 82.92% (0.82920) | 98.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 85.86% (0.85862) | 98.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 15, 2024 | 91.81% (0.91814) | 98.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 8, 2024 | 92.04% (0.92040) | 98.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 17, 2023 | 93.20% (0.93204) | 98.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 10, 2023 | 94.48% (0.94482) | 98.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 95.12% (0.95115) | 98.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2023 | 95.38% (0.95383) | 98.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 95.41% (0.95410) | 98.90th | 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/1/499064/100/0/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-08-086 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%3A5982 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499064/100/0/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-08-086 | 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%3A5982 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
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