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CVE-2008-4264


Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; 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 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel spreadsheet that contains a malformed formula, which triggers "pointer corruption" during the loading of formulas from this spreadsheet, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."


Published

2008-12-10T14:00:01.080

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-399

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application microsoft office_excel 2000 Yes
Application microsoft office_excel 2002 Yes
Application microsoft office_excel 2003 Yes
Application microsoft office_excel 2007 No
Application microsoft office_excel 2007 No
Application microsoft 20007_office_system * No
Application microsoft 20007_office_system sp1 No
Application microsoft office 2000 No
Application microsoft office 2003 No
Application microsoft office xp No
Application microsoft office 2004 Yes
Application microsoft office 2008 Yes
Application microsoft office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007 * Yes
Application microsoft office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007 * Yes
Application microsoft office_excel_viewer * Yes
Application microsoft office_excel_viewer 2003 Yes
Application microsoft office_excel_viewer 2003 Yes
Application microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter * Yes

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