CVE-2012-5672

Microsoft Excel Viewer (aka Xlview.exe) and Excel in Microsoft Office 2007 (aka Office 12) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read access violation and application crash) via a crafted spreadsheet file, as demonstrated by a .xls file with battery voltage data.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.3 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2012-10-25

Last modified

2024-09-16

Affected products

• Excel (Microsoft)
• Excel Viewer (Microsoft)
• Office (Microsoft)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/524379