CVE-2008-1091

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 40.5% 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 Word in Office 2000 and XP SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Office System SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Rich Text Format (.rtf) file with a malformed string that triggers a "memory calculation error" and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Object Parsing Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Office: 2000-sp3, 2003-sp2, 2003-sp3, 2004, 2007, 2007_sp1 (+2)
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007: all versions
Microsoft Word Viewer: 2003

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121129490723574&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/30143
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/543907
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492020/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29104
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020013
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-134A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1504/references
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-023
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-026
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5494
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121129490723574&w=2

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