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critical 9.3

CVE-2008-4841 in the critical feed json

The WordPad Text Converter for Word 97 files in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to…

published 2008-12-10 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4820

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
43.0%
EPSS 43.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The WordPad Text Converter for Word 97 files in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .doc, (2) .wri, or (3) .rtf Word 97 file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in December 2008. NOTE: As of 20081210, it is unclear whether this vulnerability is related to a WordPad issue disclosed on 20080925 with a 2008-crash.doc.rar example, but there are insufficient details to be sure.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-6560)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

43.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-6560 Microsoft Windows Wordpad - '.doc' File Local Denial of Service (PoC) dos, 2008-09-25
  • milw0rm.com http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-crash.doc.rar referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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