CVE-2008-0109 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2008-02-12

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 58.0% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word::::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.58048.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120361015026386&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/28901
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/692417
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.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0511/references
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

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Office Word

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2008-02-12T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:32:23.912Z

Reserved: 2008-01-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0109

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-02-12T23:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-0109

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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