Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-4024
CVE-2008-4024
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."
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Affected products
16cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2004 for Mac
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
8- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384nvdVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- www.coresecurity.com/content/word-arbitrary-freenvd
- www.coresecurity.com/files/attachments/CORE-2008-0228-Word.pdfnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499086/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5934nvd
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