CVE-2008-4028

Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Outlook 2007 Gold and SP1; Word Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted control words related to multiple Drawing Object tags in (1) an RTF file or (2) a rich text e-mail message, which triggers incorrect memory allocation and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Word RTF Object Parsing Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4030.

Published: 2008-12-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4028 is rated High Risk (66.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 63.82%, 98th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4028

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-28 69.89% 63.82% -6.08%
2 2025-06-18 66.89% 69.89% +3.00%
3 2025-05-01 — 66.89% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4028

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4028

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4028

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft office 2004 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2008 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007 — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007 — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_word_viewer 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_word_viewer 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft works 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_outlook 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_outlook:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_outlook 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_outlook:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_word 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_word 2002 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_word 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_word 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4028

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