CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-0105
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-04-13
- 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-119
Description
Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac obtain a certain length value from an uninitialized memory location, which allows remote attackers to trigger a buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka "Excel Data Initialization Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft excel 2002
• microsoft office 2004
• microsoft office 2008
• microsoft open xml file format converter
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-805 Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39122 secunia.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940 www.vupen.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12618 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39122 secunia.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940 www.vupen.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12618 oval.cisecurity.org