CVE-2008-1088 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Project 2000 Service Release 1, 2002 SP1, and 2003 SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Project file, related to improper validation of "memory resource allocations."

Published: 2008-04-08

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 56.7% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

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:project:2000:sr1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:2002:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:2003:sp2::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

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 0.56734.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/29690
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/155563
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28607
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019797
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-099A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1142/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-018
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41447
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5384

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.59472}`	epss `{'score': 0.56734}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Project

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2008-04-08T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:08:57.752Z

Reserved: 2008-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1088

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-04-08T23:05:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2008-1088

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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