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CVE-2008-3471

high · 9.3

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BIFF file with a malformed record that triggers a user-influenced size calculation, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."

9.3
CVSS
52.3%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
99th
EPSS percentile
2008-10-15
Published

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftexcel2003
microsoftexcel2003
microsoftexcel2007
microsoftexcel2007
microsoftexcel_viewerall versions
microsoftexcel_viewer2003
microsoftexcel_viewer2003
microsoftoffice2004
microsoftoffice2008
microsoftoffice_compatibility_pack2007
microsoftoffice_compatibility_pack2007
microsoftopen_xml_file_format_converterall versions

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References

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