Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 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 Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Publish Date : 2011-06-16 Last Update Date : 2011-10-26
| Cvss Score |
9.3 |
| Confidentiality Impact |
Complete
(There is total information disclosure, resulting in all system files being revealed.) |
| Integrity Impact |
Complete
(There is a total compromise of system integrity. There is a complete loss of system protection, resulting in the entire system being compromised.) |
| Availability Impact |
Complete
(There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can render the resource completely unavailable.) |
| Access Complexity |
Medium
(The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit) |
| Authentication |
Not required
(Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.) |
| Gained Access |
None |
| Vulnerability Type(s) |
Denial Of ServiceExecute CodeOverflowMemory corruption |
| CWE ID |
119 |
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