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CVE-2008-3471

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BIFF file with a malformed record that triggers a user-influenced size calculation, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."

Published

2008-10-15T00:12:15.757

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-787

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	excel	2003	Yes
Application	microsoft	excel	2003	Yes
Application	microsoft	excel	2007	Yes
Application	microsoft	excel	2007	Yes
Application	microsoft	excel_viewer	-	Yes
Application	microsoft	excel_viewer	2003	Yes
Application	microsoft	excel_viewer	2003	Yes
Application	microsoft	office	2004	Yes
Application	microsoft	office	2008	Yes
Application	microsoft	office_compatibility_pack	2007	Yes
Application	microsoft	office_compatibility_pack	2007	Yes
Application	microsoft	open_xml_file_format_converter	-	Yes

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32211 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31705 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021044 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2808 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-068/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-057 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45579 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45581 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5750 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32211 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31705 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021044 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2808 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-068/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-057 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45579 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45581 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5750 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)