Is CVE-2008-4265 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-4265 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-4265?

CVE-2008-4265 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-4265?

CVE-2008-4265 has an EPSS score of 24.65% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-4265

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl

9.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel spreadsheet that contains a malformed object, which triggers memory corruption during the loading of records from this spreadsheet, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."

CWE-399

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

24.65%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

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

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=763
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5614

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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.