CVE-2011-1278 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac do not properly validate record information during parsing of Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel WriteAV Vulnerability."

Published: 2011-06-16

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 50.1% 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

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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:::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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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 0.50077.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48163
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-045
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67716
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12687

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Excel Office

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2011-06-16T20:21:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:21:34.067Z

Reserved: 2011-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-1278

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-06-16T20:55:02.293

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-1278

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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