CVE-2008-1090

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 32.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-04-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Visio 2002 SP2, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 up to SP1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .DXF file, aka "Visio Memory Validation Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Office: 2003-sp2, 2003-sp3, 2007, 2007_sp1, xp-sp2
Microsoft Visio: 2002-sp2, 2003-sp1, 2003_sp3, 2007, 2007_sp1

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/29691
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28556
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019804
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-099A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1143/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-019
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41452
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5344
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/29691
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28556

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