CVE-2008-4031

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 a malformed string in (1) an RTF file or (2) a rich text e-mail message, which triggers incorrect memory allocation and memory corruption, aka "Word RTF Object Parsing Vulnerability."

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-2008-4031 is rated High Risk (66.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 23.39%, 97th 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-2008-4031

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 2026-06-15 59.89% 23.39% -36.50%
2 2025-06-28 64.15% 59.89% -4.25%
3 2025-05-01 — 64.15% —

Full EPSS history (23 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4031

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-2008-4031

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4031

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-2008-4031

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