9.3

CVE-2008-4030: microsoft office Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
Published 10-12-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-4030 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in microsoft office. EPSS estimates a 23.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
23.39%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-12-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted control words in (1) an RTF file or (2) a rich text e-mail message, which triggers incorrect memory allocation and memory corruption, aka "Word RTF Object Parsing Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4028.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

23.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 23.39% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
23.39%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Microsoft5 products

1 vendor · 5 products

References

5 links