CVE-2008-4026

Critical

Description

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; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word document that contains a malformed value, which triggers memory corruption, aka "Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Office
PublishedDec 10, 2008
First seenDec 10, 2008

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft office2004, 2008—
microsoft office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007No range specified—
microsoft office_word_viewer2003—
microsoft open_xml_file_format_converterNo range specified—
microsoft works8.0—
microsoft office_outlook2007—
microsoft office_word2000, 2002, 2003, 2007—

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