CVE-2008-3020

Severity

93%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

165%

Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and XP SP3; Office Converter Pack; and Works 8 do not properly parse the length of a BMP file, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP file, aka the "Malformed BMP Filter Vulnerability."

Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and XP SP3; Office Converter Pack; and Works 8 do not properly parse the length of a BMP file, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP file, aka the "Malformed BMP Filter Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 16 years ago

2008-08-12 23:41:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-12 21:47:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Office 2000 sp3

2000

Microsoft Office 2003 sp2

2003

Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3

xp

Microsoft Office Converter Pack

Microsoft Works 8.0

8.0

References

HPSBST02360

31336

Vendor Advisory

30599

1020673

TA08-225A

US Government Resource

ADV-2008-2348

MS08-044

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5868

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