CVE-2008-1898
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 52.0%EU EUVD
A certain ActiveX control in WkImgSrv.dll 7.03.0616.0, as distributed in Microsoft Works 7 and Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (browser crash) via an invalid WksPictureInterface property value, which triggers an improper function call.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 52.0% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1898)
- Published
- April 21, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1898 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / works
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-05/0029.html(Exploit)
- http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/06/05/why-there-wont-be-a-security-update-for-wkimgsrv-dll.aspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491027/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28820(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41876
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5460
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5530
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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