CVE-2008-4024

Published: Dec 10, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

9.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a crafted lcbPlcfBkfSdt field in the File Information Block (FIB), which bypasses an initialization step and triggers an "arbitrary free," aka "Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected (14)

Products: Microsoft: Office, Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007, Office Word Viewer, Open Xml File Format Converter, Works, Office Outlook, Office Word

Microsoft

7 products

Office

Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007

Office Word Viewer

Open Xml File Format Converter

Works

Office Outlook

Office Word

Configuration A

8 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Office	Version 2004
Microsoft Office	Version 2008
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007	All versions
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007	All versions
Microsoft Office Word Viewer	Version 2003
Microsoft Office Word Viewer	Version 2003 sp3
Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter	All versions
Microsoft Works	Version 8.0

Configuration B

6 vulnerable · 5 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Office Outlook	Version 2007
Microsoft Office Outlook	Version 2007 sp1
Microsoft Office Word	Version 2000 sp3
Microsoft Office Word	Version 2002 sp3
Microsoft Office Word	Version 2003 sp3
Microsoft Office Word	Version 2007

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Microsoft Office	Version 2000 sp3
Microsoft Office	Version 2003 sp3
Microsoft Office	Version xp sp3
Microsoft Office System	All versions
Microsoft Office System	Version sp1 2007