CVE-2008-0109
Word in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2, and Office Word Viewer 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted fields within the File Information Block (FIB) of a Word file, which triggers length calculation errors…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 30.9%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Word in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2, and Office Word Viewer 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted fields within the File Information Block (FIB) of a Word file, which triggers length calculation errors and memory corruption.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 30.87% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- microsoft/office · microsoft/word
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120361015026386&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28901Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/692417US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488071/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27656
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019374
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043C.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0511/referencesVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-009
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5073
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120361015026386&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28901Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/692417US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488071/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27656
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019374
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043C.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0511/referencesVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-009
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5073
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.