VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-4027
CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability33.91%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-12-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Double free vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Outlook 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 Office 2004 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) RTF file or (2) rich text e-mail message with multiple consecutive Drawing Object ("\do") tags, which triggers a "memory calculation error" and memory corruption, aka "Word RTF Object Parsing Vulnerability."
Primary references
- secure@microsoft.com
- secure@microsoft.com
- secure@microsoft.com — US Government Resource
- secure@microsoft.com — Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com
- secure@microsoft.com
- secure@microsoft.com
- secure@microsoft.com
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — US Government Resource
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory