CVE-2011-0979
Microsoft Excel 2002-2010, Office 2004-2011 for Mac, Open XML Converter - RCE via Malformed Office Art Record
Title source: llmDescription
Microsoft 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."
References (10)
Core 10
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
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/43231
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoft
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-041/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12595
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/70904
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940
Scores
EPSS
0.2652
EPSS Percentile
97.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (11)
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
2011
microsoft/office_compatibility_pack
2007 sp2
... and 1 more
Published
Feb 10, 2011
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026