CVE-2008-4026
highpriority · attend · 45EPSS 0.234 · 98 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Word Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word document that contains a malformed value, which triggers memory corruption, aka "Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (12)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft open xml file format converterall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5807enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370nvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resourcenvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384nvd
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