CVE-2011-1273

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1273
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermicrosoft
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-06-16 20:55:02 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; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2 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 Improper Record Parsing 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-119 | 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 2002 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2003 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2007 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2010 All x32 All
Application Microsoft Excel 2010 All x64 All
Application Microsoft Excel Viewer All 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
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-045 - Important | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
Microsoft Office Excel Unspecified Record Parsing Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
osvdb.org/72921 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
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