© 2026 vulntracker.io

CVE-2008-4030

N/A

Published: December 10, 2008 at 01:33 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC

8 products affected across 1 vendorOfficeOpen XML File Format ConverterWorks

Using N/A by N/A?

Get instant alerts when new vulnerabilities affect N/A - before attackers find them.

Real-time alertsTrack your software stackFree plan available

Start Free Sign In

Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 23%

Description

Microsoft 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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Office · Microsoft

95%

Office Compatibility Pack for Word Excel Ppt 2007 · Microsoft

95%

sp1

Office Outlook · Microsoft

95%

microsoft-office-system (environment) · microsoft-office (same device)

Office Word · Microsoft

95%

2000 sp3 2002 sp3 2003 sp3 2007

microsoft-office-system (environment) · microsoft-office (same device)

Office Word Viewer · Microsoft

95%

Open XML File Format Converter · Microsoft

95%

All versions

Works · Microsoft

95%

Office System · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072

References (5)

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource

Source: [email protected]

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Source: [email protected]

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MS

Source: [email protected]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072

VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL

Source: [email protected]

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5737

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-399

Get alerted

Stop reading CVE feeds looking for your own stack

Track the products you run and VulnTracker tells you when a new CVE affects them — with what is known about fixing it, and nothing about the rest.

Create account Sign in

Free plan, no card