CVE-2011-0098

Microsoft Excel 2002/2003/2007/2010, Office 2004/2008 for Mac, Open XML Converter, Excel Viewer - RCE via XLS File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Integer signedness error in Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004 and 2008 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 an XLS file with a large record size, aka "Excel Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39122
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/71759
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12034
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47235
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2011-32/
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940

Scores

EPSS 0.3050
EPSS Percentile 98.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (10)
microsoft/excel
microsoft/excel 2002 sp3
microsoft/excel 2003 sp3
microsoft/excel 2007 sp2
microsoft/excel 2010
microsoft/excel_viewer
microsoft/office 2004
microsoft/office 2008
microsoft/office_compatibility_pack 2007 sp2
microsoft/open_xml_file_format_converter
Published Apr 13, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026