THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-1455
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-1455

Compatibility Pack Word Excel Powerpoint vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
25.5%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
A "memory calculation error" in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2, and 2007 through SP1; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 through SP1; and Office 2004 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file with crafted list values that trigger memory corruption, aka "Parsing Overflow Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Compatibility Pack Word Excel Powerpoint
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-08-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 25.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-1455

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Compatibility Pack Word Excel Powerpoint is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-1455.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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