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CVE-2008-3471

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
Publication date:
15/10/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BIFF file with a malformed record that triggers a user-influenced size calculation, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:2003:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:-:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

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