CVE-2011-0105 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac obtain a certain length value from an uninitialized memory location, which allows remote attackers to trigger a buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka "Excel Data Initialization Vulnerability."

Published: 2011-04-13

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 89.4% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004::mac:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008::mac:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:::mac:::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.89418.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/39122
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12618

History

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Microsoft Excel Office Open Xml File Format Converter

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2011-04-13T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:43:14.579Z

Reserved: 2010-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0105

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-04-13T18:55:01.250

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-0105

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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