CVE-2008-0116
N/A
Published: March 11, 2008 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:48 PM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorOfficeExcelExcel Viewer
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 48%
Description
Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2003 SP2, Viewer 2003, Compatibility Pack, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed tags in rich text, aka "Excel Rich Text Validation Vulnerability."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489430/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/referencesVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MS
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-014Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20CWE-94
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