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GHSA-XH93-P895-VCFC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-02 00:05 – Updated: 2022-05-02 00:05

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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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CVE-2008-4024 (GCVE-0-2008-4024)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-10 13:33 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:00

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

microsoft mitre root

References

8 references

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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499086/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def…	vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.coresecurity.com/files/attachments/COR…	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384	vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/word-arbitrary-free	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public

2008-12-09 00:00

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