CVE-2011-1988

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."

CVSS v2.0 9.3 HIGH

9.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html	US Government Resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12836
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-072

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:::mac:::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer::sp2::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004::mac:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008::mac:::::

Information

Published : 2011-09-15 05:26

Updated : 2018-10-12 15:01

NVD link : CVE-2011-1988

Mitre link : CVE-2011-1988

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Products Affected

microsoft

excel
office_compatibility_pack
office
open_xml_file_format_converter
excel_viewer

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