Is CVE-2008-2244 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-2244 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-2244?

CVE-2008-2244 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-2244?

CVE-2008-2244 has an EPSS score of 32.14% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-2244

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl

9.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .doc file that contains malformed data, as exploited in the wild in July 2008, and as demonstrated by attachement.doc.

CWE-399

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

32.14%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

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

References

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/07/08/vulnerability-in-microsoft-word-could-allow-remote-code-execution.aspx
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4696
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/30975
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953635.mspx
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30124
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020447
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2028
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43663
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5897

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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.