CVE-2008-4264

Summary

CVECVE-2008-4264
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-10 14:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-12 21:48:00 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; 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 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel spreadsheet that contains a malformed formula, which triggers "pointer corruption" during the loading of formulas from this spreadsheet, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft 20007 Office System All All All All
Application Microsoft 20007 Office System sp1 All All All
Application Microsoft 20007 Office System All All All All
Application Microsoft 20007 Office System sp1 All All All
Application Microsoft Office 2000 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2003 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office xp sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2000 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2003 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office xp sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2004 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office 2008 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office 2004 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office 2008 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007 All All All All
Application Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007 All sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007 All All All All
Application Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007 All sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2007 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2007 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2000 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2002 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2003 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2000 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2002 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2003 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel Viewer All All All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 All All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel Viewer All All All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 All All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter All All mac All
Application Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter All All mac All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Microsoft Excel Formula, Object, and Global Array Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-344A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Microsoft Excel Formula Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-074 - Critical | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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