CVE-2011-0978
HIGH severity · CVSS 9.3 · Memory corruption
9.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2; Office 2004 for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to an axis properties record, and improper incrementing of an array index, aka "Excel Array Indexing Vulnerability."
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)43%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoft
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39122
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43232
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8231
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-042/