{"cve":"CVE-2008-4031","nvd":{"published":"2008-12-10T14:00:00.893","modified":"2026-06-16T22:57:01.610","status":"Modified","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 a malformed string in (1) an RTF file or (2) a rich text e-mail message, which triggers incorrect memory allocation and memory corruption, aka \"Word RTF Object Parsing Vulnerability.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370","http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html","http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384","https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072","https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5952"],"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-2008-4031","score":0.2339,"percentile":0.97785,"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."]}