Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel
CVE-2011-0098
Integer signedness error in Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XLS file with a large record size, aka "Excel Heap Overflow Vulnerability."
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: 0.305 (98.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.305 · newest: 0.305 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Excel — versions 2002, 2003, 2007
- Microsoft Excel Viewer
- Microsoft Office — versions 2004, 2008
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack — versions 2007
- Microsoft Open XML File Format Converter
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/39122 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/71759 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12034 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/47235 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/secunia_research/2011-32/ (Vendor Advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021 (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)