CVE-2008-4266

Critical

Description

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."

SeverityCritical

CVSS9.3

Exploit probability—

Product

Microsoft 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 excel	2000, 2002, 2003	—
microsoft excel_viewer	2003	—
microsoft office	2004, 2008	—
microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter	No range specified	—

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