CVE-2008-4027
Double free vulnerability in 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;…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 33.9%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Double free vulnerability in 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; and Office 2004 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) RTF file or (2) rich text e-mail message with multiple consecutive Drawing Object ("\do") tags, which triggers a "memory calculation error" and memory corruption, aka "Word RTF Object Parsing Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 33.91% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- microsoft/office · microsoft/office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007 · microsoft/office word viewer · microsoft/open xml file format converter · microsoft/works · microsoft/office outlook · microsoft/office word
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499062/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-084
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-084/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6098
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499062/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-084
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-084/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6098
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.