CVE-2008-4264

Critical

Description

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Excel Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel spreadsheet that contains a malformed formula, which triggers "pointer corruption" during the loading of formulas from this spreadsheet, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."

SeverityCritical

CVSS9.3

Exploit probability—

Product

Microsoft Office Excel

PublishedDec 10, 2008

First seenDec 10, 2008

How to fix

Vendor advisories

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
microsoft office_excel	2000, 2002, 2003	—
microsoft office	2004, 2008	—
microsoft office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007	No range specified	—
microsoft office_excel_viewer	No range specified, 2003	—
microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter	No range specified	—

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