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CVE-2008-4027 Detail

Current 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."


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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499062/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499062/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-084
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-084
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-084/
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-084/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6098
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6098

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4027
NVD Published Date:
12/10/2008
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Microsoft Corporation