CVE-2008-4841

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

Publication date:

10/12/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

The WordPad Text Converter for Word 97 files in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .doc, (2) .wri, or (3) .rtf Word 97 file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in December 2008. NOTE: As of 20081210, it is unclear whether this vulnerability is related to a WordPad issue disclosed on 20080925 with a 2008-crash.doc.rar example, but there are insufficient details to be sure.

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:wordpad::::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:wordpad:unknown:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp4::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp1::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2::::::*

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

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:wordpad::::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:wordpad:unknown:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp4::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp1::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2::::::*

CVE-2008-4841

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools