CVE-2008-4030

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4030
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermicrosoft
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-10 14:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Outlook 2007 Gold and SP1; Word Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted control words in (1) an RTF file or (2) a rich text e-mail message, which triggers incorrect memory allocation and memory corruption, aka "Word RTF Object Parsing Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4028.

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-399 | 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 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office xp sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2004 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office 2008 All mac 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 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Office System All 2007 All All
Operating System Microsoft Office System sp1 2007 All All
Application Microsoft Office Word 2000 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Word 2002 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Word 2003 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Word 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003 All All All
Application Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter All All mac All
Application Microsoft Works 8.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-344A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-072 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
Microsoft Word Memory Corruption Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
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