Buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel

CVE-2012-0141

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2011 for Mac; Excel Viewer; and Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3 do not properly handle memory during the opening of files, which allows remote attackers to exe…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.616 (98.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • 1027041 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
  • oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15152 (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
  • MS12-030 (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
  • 49112 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
  • TA12-129A (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
  • 53342 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)