CVE-2008-1091: microsoft office Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1091 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Code Injection vulnerability in microsoft office. EPSS estimates a 40.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 13-05-2008
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 and XP SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Office System SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Rich Text Format (.rtf) file with a malformed string that triggers a "memory calculation error" and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Object Parsing Vulnerability."

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.