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    CVE-2008-1455

    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."

    Published:Aug 13, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Aug 13, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.63798
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Compatibility Pack Word Excel Powerpoint
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Office
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Office Powerpoint Viewer

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2009-3130 (CVSS 9.3) — Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File…
    CVE-2009-3131 (CVSS 9.3) — Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File F…
    CVE-2009-3132 (CVSS 9.3) — Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File F…
    CVE-2009-3133 (CVSS 9.3) — Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allo…
    CVE-2009-3127 (CVSS 9.3) — Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, Open XML File Format Converter for…
    CVE-2009-3128 (CVSS 9.3) — Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, and Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3, does not properly parse the Ex…
    CVE-2009-0224 (CVSS 9.3) — Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; PowerPoint Viewer 2003 and 200…

    References

    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31453
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30579
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020676
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2355
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-051
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5555
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31453
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30579
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020676
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2355
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-051
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5555

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High