CVE-2008-2752

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 27.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-06-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Microsoft Word 2000 9.0.2812 and 2003 11.8106.8172 does not properly handle unordered lists, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .doc file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Microsoft Word for Android: 2000, 2000-sp2, 2000-sp3, 2000-sr1, 2000-sr1a, 2003 (+3)

References

http://www.nullcode.com.ar/ncs/crash/video.htm
http://www.nullcode.com.ar/ncs/crash/video2.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29769
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/crash-word-1.doc
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/crash-word-2.doc
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/crash-word-3.doc
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/crash-word-4.doc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43155
http://www.nullcode.com.ar/ncs/crash/video.htm
http://www.nullcode.com.ar/ncs/crash/video2.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29769
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/crash-word-1.doc

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