CVE-2008-0118 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, 2003 SP2, Excel Viewer 2003 up to SP3, and Office 2004 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document that triggers memory corruption from an "allocation error," aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

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 0.79322.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Office Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004::mac:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3::::::

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/29321
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28146
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019578
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0848/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-016
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5190

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2008-03-11T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:32:23.948Z

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

Link: CVE-2008-0118

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-03-11T23:44:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-0118

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-94

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