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Microsoft Office Excel Multiple Vulnerabilities (972652)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS09-067.

Insight

Insight

- An error in the parsing of Excel spreadsheets can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted Excel file. - An error in the processing of certain record objects can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted Excel file. - Another error in the processing of certain record objects can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted Excel file. - An error in the processing of Binary File Format (BIFF) records can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted Excel file. - An error in the handling of formulas embedded inside a cell can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted Excel file. - An error when loading Excel formulas can be exploited to corrupt a pointer when a specially crafted Excel file is being opened. - An error when loading Excel records can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted Excel file. - An error when processing Excel record objects can be exploited via a specially crafted Excel file.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003/2007 Microsoft Office Excel 2002/2003/2007 Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP 1/2

Solution

Solution

The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.