Vulnerability CVE-2008-1455
Published: 2008-08-12   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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."

Type:

CWE-399

 (Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Microsoft -> Compatibility pack word excel powerpoint 
Microsoft -> Office 
Microsoft -> Office powerpoint viewer 

 References:
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30579
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020676
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
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
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