CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-1988
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-09-15
- 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-119
Description
Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2; Excel in Office 2007 SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2 do not properly parse records in Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Heap Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft excel 2003
• microsoft excel 2007
• microsoft excel viewer
• microsoft office 2004
• microsoft office 2007
• microsoft office 2008
• microsoft office compatibility pack 2007
• microsoft open xml file format converter
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-072 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12836 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-072 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12836 oval.cisecurity.org