CVE-2008-3021
Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, and 2003 SP2; Office Converter Pack; and Works 8 do not properly parse the length of a PICT file, which…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 35.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, and 2003 SP2; Office Converter Pack; and Works 8 do not properly parse the length of a PICT file, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PICT file with an invalid bits_per_pixel field, aka the "PICT Filter Parsing Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3018.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 36 days later
· 36 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)
- 35.9% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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
References10
- MS08-044 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- TA08-225A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-049/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- HPSBST02360 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 1020673 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 30598 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2348 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 31336 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5997 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20080812 ZDI-08-049: Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine PICT Heap Corruption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2008-3011 (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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