CVE-2008-4024
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."
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 9.3 Critical
- Status
- Modified - secure@microsoft.com
- Published
- 2008-12-10
- Last modified
- 2024-08-07
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Affected products
- Office (Microsoft)
- Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007 (Microsoft)
- Office Outlook (Microsoft)
- Office Word (Microsoft)
- Office Word Viewer (Microsoft)
- Open Xml File Format Converter (Microsoft)
- Works (Microsoft)
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
