{"cve":"CVE-2008-3471","nvd":{"published":"2008-10-15T00:12:15.757","modified":"2026-06-16T22:55:53.067","status":"Modified","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.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-787"],"references":["http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2","http://secunia.com/advisories/32211","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31705","http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021044","http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html"],"products":["microsoft:excel","microsoft:excel_viewer","microsoft:office","microsoft:office_compatibility_pack","microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-3471","score":0.52318,"percentile":0.98962,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}