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TI-2008-01045 Aliases CVE-2008-1091GHSA-q4fp-7h4m-q27r

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 and XP SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3…

Priority HIGH 68CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 and XP SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Office System SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Rich Text Format (.rtf) file with a malformed string that triggers a "memory calculation error" and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Object Parsing Vulnerability."

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.40511 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 12

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*2000 sp3VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*2003 sp2VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*2003 sp3VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*2004VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2007VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2007_sp1VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*2008VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*xp sp3VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2000 sp3 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2003 sp2 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2003 sp3 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2004 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2007 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2007_sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2008 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions xp sp3 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
Show 2 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2003VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_viewer:2003:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*2003VulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2003 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_viewer:2003:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2003 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-1091
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q4fp-7h4m-q27r

References

Advisory 4

Other 3

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  • TI-2018-00739 Out-of-bounds write in Microsoft Equation Editor KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2015-02130 Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2015-01588 Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 and 2013 RT SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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