CVE-2009-0561

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0561
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermicrosoft
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-06-10 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Excel in 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer; Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2; and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a Shared String Table (SST) record with a numeric field that specifies an invalid number of unique strings, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Record Integer Overflow Vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Office 2004 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office 2008 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office xp sp3 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 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2000 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2003 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2007 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel 2007 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel Viewer All All All All
Application Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 sp1 x32 All
Application Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 sp1 x64 All
Application Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 sp2 x32 All
Application Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 sp2 x64 All
Application Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter All All mac All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-021 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-160A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
osvdb.org/54957 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Microsoft Excel Malformed Shared String Table Record Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Microsoft Excel Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Vulnerabilities - Secunia Research - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Public Advisory: 06.09.09 // iDefense Labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.idefense.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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