CVE-2008-0103 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2008-0103?

CVE-2008-0103 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Office, published on 12 Feb 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2, and Office 2004 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Office document that contains a malformed object, related to a "memory handling error," aka "Microsoft Office Execution Jump Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0103?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Office.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0103?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0103 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2008-0103 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0103 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office

• CVE-2018-0798 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-1770 Microsoft Office Uninitialized Memory Use Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2006-2492 Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2018-0802 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2017-11882 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8

All Microsoft Office vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-3jhh-8hqg-j8q7.