CVE-2008-0109
highpriority · attend · 48EPSS 0.309 · 98 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (5)
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also known as (2)
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references (20)
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- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120361015026386&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28901enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/692417enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488071/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27656enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019374enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043C.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0511/referencesenisa_euvd
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