CVE-2008-4024 (GCVE-0-2008-4024)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-12-10 13:33
Modified
2024-08-07 10:00
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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."
References
secure@microsoft.com http://www.coresecurity.com/content/word-arbitrary-free
secure@microsoft.com http://www.coresecurity.com/files/attachments/CORE-2008-0228-Word.pdf
secure@microsoft.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499086/100/0/threaded
secure@microsoft.com http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
secure@microsoft.com http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
secure@microsoft.com http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384 Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.com https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
secure@microsoft.com https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5934
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.coresecurity.com/content/word-arbitrary-free
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.coresecurity.com/files/attachments/CORE-2008-0228-Word.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499086/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5934
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