CVE-2008-1092: Microsoft Word

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 25.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Word: version 2000 only; version 2002 only; version 2003 only; version 2003_sp3 only; version 2007 only; version 2007_sp1 only

Published 2008-03-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.