Buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel
CVE-2011-0105
Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac obtain a certain length value from an uninitialized memory location, which allows remote attackers to trigger a buffer overflow and execute…
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.894 (99.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Excel — versions 2002
- Microsoft Office — versions 2004, 2008
- Microsoft Open_xml_file_format_converter
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- TA11-102A (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
- 39122 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- 1025337 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12618 (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
- MS11-021 (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- ADV-2011-0940 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-0105?
- CVE-2011-0105 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2011-04-13.
- Is CVE-2011-0105 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.