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CVE-2008-4024

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 28.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-12-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a crafted lcbPlcfBkfSdt field in the File Information Block (FIB), which bypasses an initialization step and triggers an "arbitrary free," aka "Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2004, 2008
• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007: all versions
• Microsoft Office Outlook: 2007, 2007-sp1
• Microsoft Office Word: 2000-sp3, 2002-sp3, 2003-sp3, 2007
• Microsoft Office Word Viewer: 2003, 2003-sp3
• Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter: all versions
• Microsoft Works: 8.0

References

• http://www.coresecurity.com/content/word-arbitrary-free
• http://www.coresecurity.com/files/attachments/CORE-2008-0228-Word.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499086/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5934
• http://www.coresecurity.com/content/word-arbitrary-free
• http://www.coresecurity.com/files/attachments/CORE-2008-0228-Word.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499086/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370

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