CVE-2008-4837

Microsoft Office Word - Remote Code Execution via Malformed Table Property

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Word Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; and Microsoft Works 8 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word document that contains a malformed table property, which triggers memory corruption, aka "Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499064/100/0/threaded
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
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5982

Scores

EPSS 0.3742
EPSS Percentile 98.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
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