01 Record

CVE-2008-4837

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 37.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 98.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2008-12-10 13:33Z17 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 10:31Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-10-31

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a818cba5139a90b0b35ea02c0f981e11cf84931621739288397db8eecb058542

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

microsoftofficeNot specified—

microsoftoffice_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007Not specified—

microsoftoffice_outlookNot specified—

microsoftoffice_systemNot specified—

microsoftoffice_wordNot specified—

microsoftoffice_word_viewerNot specified—

microsoftopen_xml_file_format_converterNot specified—

microsoftworksNot specified—

06 References

docs.microsoft.comMS08-072https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086/x_refsource_MISC
www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086x_refsource_MISC
www.securityfocus.com20081209 ZDI-08-086: Microsoft Office Word Document Table Property Stack Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499064/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.securitytracker.com1021370http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.us-cert.govTA08-344Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
www.vupen.comADV-2008-3384http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5982https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5982vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL