CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-3477

9.3 HIGH Published 2008-10-15 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
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-399

Description

Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP2 and SP3 does not properly validate data in the VBA Performance Cache when processing an Office document with an embedded object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file containing a crafted value, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, integer overflows, array index errors, and memory corruption, aka "Calendar Object Validation Vulnerability."

Affected configurations

• microsoft internet explorer 5.01 • microsoft internet explorer 6 • microsoft internet explorer 7

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References