CVE-2008-4264

Published: Dec 10, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399

9.3CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

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."

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:CConfidentiality

Complete

I:CIntegrity

Complete

A:CAvailability

Complete

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

microsoft

commercial·US

office excelOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software

officeDesktop App

Consumer Software / productivity

office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007On-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / productivity

office excel viewerOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / productivity

open xml file format converterOn-premDesktop App

Operating Systems / windows

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Exploitability

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References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5556

oval.cisecurity.org

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

docs.microsoft.com

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386

vupen.com

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