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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-4028

CVE-2008-4028

Description

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 crafted control words related to multiple Drawing Object tags in (1) an RTF file or (2) a rich text e-mail message, which triggers incorrect memory allocation and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Word RTF Object Parsing Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4030.

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Affected products

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  • Microsoft/Office2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Office Compatibility Pack3 versions
    cpe: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
  • Microsoft/Outlook3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_outlook:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_outlook:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_outlook:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 2007 Gold and SP1
  • Microsoft/Office Word5 versions
    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
  • Microsoft/Word Viewer3 versions
    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
  • Microsoft/Open XML File Format Converter2 versions
    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)
  • Microsoft/Works
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Office For Macllm-fuzzy
    Range: 2004 and 2008

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