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CVE-2008-0109
Word in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2, and Office Word Viewer 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code…
High9.3EPSS 30.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Word in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2, and Office Word Viewer 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted fields within the File Information Block (FIB) of a Word file, which triggers length calculation errors and memory corruption.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 30.9% · top 1.7% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- MS08-009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 27656 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0511 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 28901 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- HPSBST02314 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- VU#692417 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20080213 [Reversemode Advisory] February Advisories : Microsoft Word 2003 + Fortinet Forticlient (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- TA08-043C (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1019374 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5073 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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