CVE-2008-1091

N/A Unknown
Published: May 13, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30143
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/543907
Source: secure@microsoft.com
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29104
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020013
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-134A.html
Source: secure@microsoft.com
US Government Resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121129490723574&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30143
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/543907
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492020/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29104
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020013
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-134A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1504/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-023
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
64.1%
98th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

microsoft