CVE-2008-1091

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1091
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermicrosoft
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-05-13 22:20:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 and XP SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Office System SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Rich Text Format (.rtf) file with a malformed string that triggers a "memory calculation error" and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Object Parsing Vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Office 2000 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2003 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2003 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2004 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Office 2007_sp1 All All All
Application Microsoft Office 2008 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office xp sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007 All All All All
Application Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007 All All sp1 All
Application Microsoft Word Viewer 2003 All All All
Application Microsoft Word Viewer 2003 All sp3 All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Word Two Code Execution Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#543907 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Zero Day Initiative af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.zerodayinitiative.com
SecurityTracker: Microsoft Word Memory Error in Processing RTF Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-026 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-134A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Microsoft Word RTF Malformed String Handling Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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