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CVE-2004-0848

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 27.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-02-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office XP allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a link with a URL file location containing long inputs after (1) "%00 (null byte) in .doc filenames or (2) "%0a" (carriage return) in .rtf filenames.

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: xp-sp1, xp-sp2, xp-sp3
• Microsoft PowerPoint for Android: 2002, 2002-sp1, 2002-sp2, 2002-sp3
• Microsoft Project: 2002, 2002-sp1
• Microsoft Visio: 2002, 2002-sp1, 2002-sp2
• Microsoft Word for Android: 2002, 2002-sp1, 2002-sp2, 2002-sp3
• Microsoft Works: 2002, 2003, 2004

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/416001
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-005
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19107
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2348
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2738
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4022
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/416001
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-005
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19107
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2348

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