CVE-2008-3021: Microsoft Office

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 35.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

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.