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CVE-2008-3471

N/A
Published: October 15, 2008 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTC
5 products affected across 1 vendorOfficeExcelOffice Compatibility Pack

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 52%

Description

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."

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (11)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HPIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32211
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31705
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021044
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2808
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-068/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MSPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-057

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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