CVE-2011-0979

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Microsoft
Status
Open Xml File Format Converter
Office
Excel
Office Compatibility Pack
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 February 2011

Summary

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Excel Viewer SP2 do not properly handle errors during the parsing of Office Art records in Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object record, related to a "stray reference," aka "Excel Linked List Corruption Vulnerability."

References

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://secunia.com/advisories/39122
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/43231
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

EPSS Score

82% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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