CVE-2011-1275

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 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 Memory Heap Overwrite Vulnerability."

Score

CVSS 2.0 9.3 Critical

Status

Modified - secure@microsoft.com

Published

2011-06-16

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

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

References

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-045
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12736