CVE-2011-1987

Summary

CVECVE-2011-1987
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermicrosoft
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-09-15 12:26:48 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionArray index error in Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2; Excel in Office 2007 SP2; Excel 2010 Gold and SP1; Excel in Office 2010 Gold and SP1; 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Out of Bounds Array Indexing 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 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 2010 sp1 x32 All
Application Microsoft Excel 2010 sp1 x64 All
Application Microsoft Excel Viewer All sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2004 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office 2007 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2008 All mac All
Application Microsoft Office 2010 All x32 All
Application Microsoft Office 2010 All x64 All
Application Microsoft Office 2010 sp1 x32 All
Application Microsoft Office 2010 sp1 x64 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 MS11-072 - Important | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA11-256A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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