A "memory calculation error" in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2, and 2007 through SP1; Office Compatibility Pack…

Description

A "memory calculation error" in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2, and 2007 through SP1; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 through SP1; and Office 2004 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file with crafted list values that trigger memory corruption, aka "Parsing Overflow Vulnerability."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

25.5% · top 2.0% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• TA08-225A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• HPSBST02360 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• 1020676 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2355 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 31453 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MS08-051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5555 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 30579 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2008-1455](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2008-1455.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-1455)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:24 UTC.