CVE-2008-0119

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 30.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-05-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Publisher in Office 2000 and XP SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Publisher file with crafted object header data that triggers memory corruption, aka "Publisher Object Handler Validation Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Office: 2000-sp3, 2003-sp2, 2003-sp3, 2007, 2007_sp1, xp-sp3

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121129490723574&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/30150
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492073/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29158
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020015
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-134A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1505/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-027
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5303
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121129490723574&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/30150
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492073/100/0/threaded

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