CVE-2008-3020: Microsoft Office

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 30.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: version 2000 only; version 2003 only; version xp only
• Microsoft Office Converter Pack: any version
• Microsoft Works: version 8.0 only

Published 2008-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.