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CVE-2008-3471

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."

  • Published: Oct 15, 2008
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2008-3471
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 9.3
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
microsoft / excel 2007-sp1 2007-sp1.x
microsoft / office_compatibility_pack 2007-sp1 2007-sp1.x
microsoft / excel_viewer 2003-sp3 2003-sp3.x
microsoft / excel 2003-sp3 2003-sp3.x
microsoft / excel 2003-sp2 2003-sp2.x
microsoft / office_compatibility_pack 2007 2007.x
microsoft / office 2008 2008.x
microsoft / office 2004 2004.x
microsoft / excel 2007 2007.x
microsoft / excel_viewer 2003 2003.x