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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 25.5% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1459)
- Published
- August 13, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1459 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / compatibility pack word excel powerpoint
- microsoft / compatibility pack word excel powerpoint
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office powerpoint viewer
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31453(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30579
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020676
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html(US Government Resource)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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