Buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel
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."
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.523 (99.0th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.523 · newest: 0.523 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Excel — versions 2003, 2007
- Microsoft Excel Viewer — versions 2003
- Microsoft Office — versions 2004, 2008
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack — versions 2007
- Microsoft Open XML File Format Converter
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45579 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5750 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-068/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2808 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31705 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-057 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45581 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)