CVE-2011-0979 in Office Compatibility Pack
Summary
Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Excel Viewer SP2 do not properly handle errors during the parsing of Office Art records in Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object record, related to a "stray reference," aka "Excel Linked List Corruption Vulnerability."
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Reservation
02/10/2011
Disclosure
02/10/2011
Status
Confirmed
Entries
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| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56474 | Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Spreadsheet input validation | 20 | Not defined | Not defined | CVE-2011-0979 |