CVE-2008-0118

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 34.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-03-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, 2003 SP2, Excel Viewer 2003 up to SP3, and Office 2004 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document that triggers memory corruption from an "allocation error," aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Office: 2000-sp3, 2003-sp2, 2004, xp-sp3

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/29321
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28146
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019578
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0848/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-016
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5190
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/29321
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28146
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019578

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