CVE - CVE-2008-4024

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-4024	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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."
References
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BUGTRAQ:20081210 CORE-2008-0228: Microsoft Word Malformed FIB Arbitrary Free Vulnerability URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499086/100/0/threaded CERT:TA08-344A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html MISC:http://www.coresecurity.com/content/word-arbitrary-free MISC:http://www.coresecurity.com/files/attachments/CORE-2008-0228-Word.pdf MS:MS08-072 URL:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5934 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5934 SECTRACK:1021370 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370 VUPEN:ADV-2008-3384 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384~~ (Obsolete source)
Assigning CNA
Microsoft Corporation
Date Record Created
20080910	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080910)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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