What is CVE-2012-5672?

CVE-2012-5672 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Excel. Published 2012-10-25.

Is CVE-2012-5672 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel

CVE-2012-5672

Microsoft Excel Viewer (aka Xlview.exe) and Excel in Microsoft Office 2007 (aka Office 12) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read access violation and application crash) via a crafted spreadsheet file, as demonstrated by a .xls file with battery voltage data.

EPSS: 0.126 (95.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Microsoft Excel — versions 2007
Microsoft Excel_viewer
Microsoft Office — versions 2007
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-5672?: CVE-2012-5672 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Excel. Published 2012-10-25.
Is CVE-2012-5672 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.