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 arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka "Excel Data Initialization 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: 0.702 (99.4th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.702 · newest: 0.702 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Excel — versions 2002
- Microsoft Office — versions 2004, 2008
- Microsoft Open XML File Format Converter
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/39122 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12618 (signature, vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021 (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940 (vdb-entry)
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.