CVE-2008-4030
Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution via Crafted RTF Control Words
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5737
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384
Scores
EPSS
0.2339
EPSS Percentile
97.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-399
Status
published
Products (11)
microsoft/office
2004
microsoft/office
2008
microsoft/office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007
(2 CPE variants)
microsoft/office_outlook
2007 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/office_word
2000 sp3
microsoft/office_word
2002 sp3
microsoft/office_word
2003 sp3
microsoft/office_word
2007
microsoft/office_word_viewer
2003 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/open_xml_file_format_converter
... and 1 more
Published
Dec 10, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026