Is CVE-2008-0109 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-0109 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-0109?

CVE-2008-0109 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-0109?

CVE-2008-0109 has an EPSS score of 30.87% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-0109

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl

9.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Word in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2, and Office Word Viewer 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted fields within the File Information Block (FIB) of a Word file, which triggers length calculation errors and memory corruption.

CWE-399

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

30.87%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120361015026386&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/28901
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/692417
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488071/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27656
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019374
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043C.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0511/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-009
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5073

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.