9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2008-4837
Microsoft Office Word Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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."

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 10, 2008, 2 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:52 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-4837 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft office
2 Microsoft office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007
3 Microsoft office_word_viewer
4 Microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter
5 Microsoft works
6 Microsoft office_outlook
7 Microsoft office_word
8 Microsoft office_system
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-4837.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499064/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384 Vendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5982
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499064/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384 Vendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5982

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-4837 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499064/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
    Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384
    Added Reference http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086
    Added Reference http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086/
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5982
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-072.mspx [Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499064/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499064/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5982 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5982 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 11, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

80.17 }} 18.16%

score

0.98547

percentile

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