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CVE-2008-4031

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

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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; 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 malformed string 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."

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%3A5952

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-399

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