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CVE-2008-1092
Buffer overflow in msjet40.dll before 4.0.9505.0 in Microsoft Jet Database Engine allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 25.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in msjet40.dll before 4.0.9505.0 in Microsoft Jet Database Engine allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word file, as exploited in the wild in March 2008. NOTE: as of 20080513, Microsoft has stated that this is the same issue as CVE-2007-6026.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 26 days later
· 26 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 25.9% · top 2.0% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 1019686 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- VU#936529 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- MS08-028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- microsoft-jet-msjet40-bo(41380) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SSRT080071 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 950627 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1103 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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