CVE-2008-1455

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 25.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

A "memory calculation error" in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2, and 2007 through SP1; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 through SP1; and Office 2004 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file with crafted list values that trigger memory corruption, aka "Parsing Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Compatibility Pack Word Excel Powerpoint: 2007, 2007-sp1
Microsoft Office: 2000-sp3, 2003-sp2, 2003-sp3, 2004, 2007, 2007-sp1 (+1)
Microsoft Office Powerpoint Viewer: 2003

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31453
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30579
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020676
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2355
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-051
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5555
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31453
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30579
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020676

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