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CVE-2008-4026

CRITICAL
9.3
CVSS Severity Score
EPSS Score0.1710%
EPSS Percentile27.75th
PublishedDec 10, 2008
Last ModifiedApr 23, 2026

Vulnerability Description

Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Word Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word document that contains a malformed value, which triggers memory corruption, aka "Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦
Microsoft

Office

= 2004
📦
Microsoft

Office

= 2008
📦
Microsoft

Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007

All versions
📦
Microsoft

Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007

All versions
📦
Microsoft

Office Word Viewer

= 2003
📦
Microsoft

Office Word Viewer

= 2003
📦
Microsoft

Open Xml File Format Converter

All versions
📦
Microsoft

Works

= 8.0
📦
Microsoft

Office Outlook

= 2007
📦
Microsoft

Office Outlook

= 2007
📦
Microsoft

Office Word

= 2000
📦
Microsoft

Office Word

= 2002
📦
Microsoft

Office Word

= 2003
📦
Microsoft

Office Word

= 2007

References & Advisories

🔗 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%3A5807
🔗 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
🔗 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
🔗 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384

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