CVE-2012-0142

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution via Crafted Spreadsheet

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2008 for Mac; Excel Viewer; and Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3 do not properly handle memory during the opening of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel File Format Memory Corruption in OBJECTLINK Record Vulnerability."

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027041
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53373
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49112
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15543
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html

Scores

EPSS 0.2160
EPSS Percentile 97.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (6)
microsoft/excel 2003 sp3
microsoft/excel 2007 sp2 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/excel 2010 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/excel_viewer
microsoft/office 2008
microsoft/office_compatibility_pack (2 CPE variants)
Published May 09, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026