CVE-2007-1239

Microsoft Excel 2003 does not properly parse .XLS files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a file with a (1) corrupted XML format or a (2) corrupted XLS format, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.3 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2007-03-03

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Excel (Microsoft)

References

• http://securityvulns.com/news/Microsoft/Excel/XML/DoS.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461373/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22717