Buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel
CVE-2011-1273
Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 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 do not properly validate record information during parsing of Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Improper Record 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: 0.170 (97.0th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.170 · newest: 0.170 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Excel — versions 2002, 2003, 2007
- Microsoft Excel Viewer
- Microsoft Office — versions 2004, 2008, 2011
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack — versions 2007
- Microsoft Open XML File Format Converter
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- osvdb.org/72921 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12354 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/44931/ (third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-045 (vendor-advisory)