CVE-2008-0118
highpriority · attend · 59EPSS 0.348 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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."
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (2)
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- EDB-31361Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2004/XP - File Memory Corruptionfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-5320Microsoft Office XP SP3 - '.PPT' File Buffer Overflow (MS08-016)functional · exploit_db
affected products (5)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (16)
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- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29321enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28146enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019578enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0848/referencesenisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-016enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5190enisa_euvd
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