Buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel
CVE-2011-0101
Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted RealTimeData record, related to a stTopic field, double-byte characters, and an incorrect pointer calculation, aka "Excel Record Parsing WriteAV 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: 0.300 (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: 0.300 · newest: 0.300 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Excel — versions 2002
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/71766 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517463/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/47243 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11676 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-120
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021 (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)