CVE-2011-0979

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-0979
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-02-10 19:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Excel Viewer SP2 do not properly handle errors during the parsing of Office Art records in Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object record, related to a "stray reference," aka "Excel Linked List Corruption 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-20 | 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 Excel - - x64 All
Application Microsoft Excel 2002 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2003 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2007 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2010 All All All
Application Microsoft Excel Viewer - sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2004 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office 2008 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office 2011 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack 2007 sp2 All 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
osvdb.org/70904 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA11-102A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-021 - Important | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Zero Day Initiative af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 zerodayinitiative.com
SecurityTracker: Microsoft Excel Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Microsoft Excel Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Office Excel OfficeArt Container Parsing Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
TippingPoint | DVLabs | ZDI Public Disclosure: Microsoft af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dvlabs.tippingpoint.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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