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high 7.1

CVE-2008-2752 in the critical feed json

Microsoft Word 2000 9.0.2812 and 2003 11.8106.8172 does not properly handle unordered lists, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to…

published 2008-06-18 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2745

cvss
7.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
27.8%
EPSS 27.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Microsoft Word 2000 9.0.2812 and 2003 11.8106.8172 does not properly handle unordered lists, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .doc file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-31934)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

27.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-31934 Microsoft Word 2000/2002 - Bulleted List Handling Remote Memory Corruption dos, 2008-06-17
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/crash-word-2.doc referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/crash-word-1.doc referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/crash-word-4.doc referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/crash-word-3.doc referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.1 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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