CVE-2008-4837 (GCVE-0-2008-4837)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-12-10 13:33
Modified
2024-08-07 10:31
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in 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; and Microsoft Works 8 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word document that contains a malformed table property, which triggers memory corruption, aka "Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
References
secure@microsoft.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499064/100/0/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 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086
secure@microsoft.com http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086/
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%3A5982
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499064/100/0/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 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
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