CVE-2008-4266
Microsoft Excel 2000/2002/2003, Viewer 2003, Office 2004/2008 for Mac, Open XML Converter - RCE via NAME Record Index
Title source: llmDescription
Array index vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel spreadsheet with a NAME record that contains an invalid index value, which triggers stack corruption, aka "Excel Global Array Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-36/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499055/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5808
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
Scores
EPSS
0.2758
EPSS Percentile
97.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-399
Status
published
Products (7)
microsoft/excel
2000 sp3
microsoft/excel
2002 sp3
microsoft/excel
2003 sp3
microsoft/excel_viewer
2003 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/office
2004
microsoft/office
2008
microsoft/open_xml_file_format_converter
Published
Dec 10, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026