CVE-2008-3021

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

Publication date:

12/08/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, and 2003 SP2; Office Converter Pack; and Works 8 do not properly parse the length of a PICT file, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PICT file with an invalid bits_per_pixel field, aka the "PICT Filter Parsing Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3018.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_converter_pack::::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:8.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_converter_pack::::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:8.0:::::::*

CVE-2008-3021

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools