CVE-2008-4026 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2008-4026

Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and...

Vulnerability 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."

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

office, office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007, office word viewer, open xml file format converter, works, office outlook, office word
Vulnerable Versions:
2004, 2008, 2003, 8.0, 2007, 2000, 2002

Timeline

Official Publish: December 10th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.