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CVE-2011-1278

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: Jun 16, 2011
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2011-1278
  • 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 / office 2004 2004.x
microsoft / excel 2002-sp3 2002-sp3.x