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CVE-2012-0142

N/A
Published: May 9, 2012 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorOfficeExcelOffice Compatibility Pack

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 22%

Description

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2008 for Mac; Excel Viewer; and Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3 do not properly handle memory during the opening of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel File Format Memory Corruption in OBJECTLINK Record 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 (6)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/49112
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53373
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027041
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MS
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-030
VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15543

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399

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