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."
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 9.3 Critical
- Status
- Modified - secure@microsoft.com
- Published
- 2011-09-15
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Affected products
- Excel (Microsoft)
- Excel Viewer (Microsoft)
- Office (Microsoft)
- Office Compatibility Pack (Microsoft)
- Open Xml File Format Converter (Microsoft)
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-072
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12836
