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CVE-2011-0979

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Excel Viewer SP2 do not properly handle errors during the parsing of Office Art records in Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object record, related to a "stray reference," aka "Excel Linked List Corruption Vulnerability."

Published

2011-02-10T19:00:01.940

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

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-20
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application microsoft excel - Yes
Application microsoft excel 2002 Yes
Application microsoft excel 2003 Yes
Application microsoft excel 2007 Yes
Application microsoft excel 2010 Yes
Application microsoft excel_viewer - Yes
Application microsoft office 2004 Yes
Application microsoft office 2008 Yes
Application microsoft office 2011 Yes
Application microsoft office_compatibility_pack 2007 Yes
Application microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter * Yes
References