Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 9, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-2244
CVE-2008-2244
Description
Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .doc file that contains malformed data, as exploited in the wild in July 2008, and as demonstrated by attachement.doc.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: SP3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
11- secunia.com/advisories/30975nvdVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/07/08/vulnerability-in-microsoft-word-could-allow-remote-code-execution.aspxnvd
- isc.sans.org/diary.htmlnvd
- marc.infonvd
- www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953635.mspxnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30124nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2028nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43663nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5897nvd
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