CVE-2011-1279
Description
Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac do not properly validate record information during parsing of Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Out of Bounds WriteAV Vulnerability."
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | excel | 2002 | |
| microsoft | excel | 2003 | |
| microsoft | office | 2004 | |
| microsoft | office | 2008 | |
| microsoft | open_xml_file_format_converter | | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48164
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-045
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67717
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12373
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48164
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-045
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67717
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12373
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.