CVE-2011-0979

Critical

Description

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."

SeverityCritical

CVSS9.3

Exploit probability—

Product

Microsoft Excel

PublishedFeb 10, 2011

First seenFeb 10, 2011

How to fix

Vendor advisories

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
microsoft excel	No range specified, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010	—
microsoft excel_viewer	No range specified	—
microsoft office	2004, 2008, 2011	—
microsoft office_compatibility_pack	2007	—
microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter	No range specified	—

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