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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-1434

Use-after-free 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 an HTML document with a large number of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)…

HIGH 9.3EPSS 30.9%

Does this matter?

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

Use-after-free 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 an HTML document with a large number of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) selectors, related to a "memory handling error" that triggers 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/office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007 · microsoft/word viewer
Source
secure@microsoft.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.