Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-4025
CVE-2008-4025
Description
Integer overflow 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; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) an RTF file or (2) a rich text e-mail message containing an invalid number of points for a polyline or polygon, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Word RTF Object Parsing Vulnerability."
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Affected products
20cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and 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, 2003 SP3, 2007 Gold and SP1
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2003 Gold and SP3
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: for Mac
Patches
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References
7- secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-21/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384nvdVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499054/100/0/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%3A5682nvd
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