CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-0141
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-05-09
- 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, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2011 for Mac; Excel Viewer; and Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3 do not properly handle memory during the opening of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft excel 2003
• microsoft excel 2007
• microsoft excel 2010
• microsoft excel viewer
• microsoft office 2011
• microsoft office compatibility pack
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49112 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53342 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027041 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-030 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15152 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49112 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53342 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027041 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-030 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15152 oval.cisecurity.org