CVE-2008-1455: Microsoft Compatibility Pack Word Excel PowerPoint

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 25.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Compatibility Pack Word Excel PowerPoint: version 2007 only
• Microsoft Office: version 2000 only; version 2003 only; version 2004 only; version 2007 only; version xp only
• Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer: version 2003 only

Published 2008-08-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.