CVE-2008-4264

Published: Dec 10, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

9.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; 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 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel spreadsheet that contains a malformed formula, which triggers "pointer corruption" during the loading of formulas from this spreadsheet, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."

Affected (11)

Products: Microsoft: Office Excel, Office, Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007, Office Excel Viewer, Open Xml File Format Converter

Microsoft

5 products

Office Excel

Office

Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007

Office Excel Viewer

Open Xml File Format Converter

Configuration A

3 vulnerable · 7 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Office Excel	Version 2000 sp3
Microsoft Office Excel	Version 2002 sp3
Microsoft Office Excel	Version 2003 sp3

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Microsoft Office Excel	Version 2007
Microsoft Office Excel	Version 2007 sp1
Microsoft 20007 Office System	All versions
Microsoft 20007 Office System	Version sp1
Microsoft Office	Version 2000 sp3
Microsoft Office	Version 2003 sp3
Microsoft Office	Version xp sp3

Configuration B

8 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Office	Version 2004
Microsoft Office	Version 2008
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007	All versions
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007	All versions
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer	All versions
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer	Version 2003
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer	Version 2003 sp3
Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter	All versions