CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3471
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-10-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BIFF file with a malformed record that triggers a user-influenced size calculation, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft excel 2003
• microsoft excel 2007
• microsoft excel viewer
• microsoft excel viewer 2003
• microsoft office 2004
• microsoft office 2008
• microsoft office compatibility pack 2007
• microsoft open xml file format converter
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32211 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31705 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021044 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2808 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-068/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-057 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45579 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45581 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5750 Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32211 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31705 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021044 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2808 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-068/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-057 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45579 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45581 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5750 Third Party Advisory