CVE-2008-4024

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 10, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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