CVE-2011-0105

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac obtain a certain length value from an uninitialized memory location, which allows remote attackers to trigger a buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka "Excel Data Initialization Vulnerability."

Score

CVSS 2.0 9.3 Critical

Status

Modified - secure@microsoft.com

Published

2011-04-13

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Excel (Microsoft)
• Office (Microsoft)
• Open Xml File Format Converter (Microsoft)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/39122
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12618