{"cve":"CVE-2008-4024","nvd":{"published":"2008-12-10T14:00:00.783","modified":"2026-06-16T22:57:00.750","status":"Modified","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.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-94"],"references":["http://www.coresecurity.com/content/word-arbitrary-free","http://www.coresecurity.com/files/attachments/CORE-2008-0228-Word.pdf","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499086/100/0/threaded","http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370","http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html"],"products":["microsoft:office","microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007","microsoft:office_outlook","microsoft:office_word","microsoft:office_word_viewer","microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter","microsoft:works"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:53:23.791937413+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-4024","score":0.28876,"percentile":0.98153,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}