CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2009-3129
High (7.8) in Microsoft Excel. In CISA KEV since 2022-03-03. EPSS 84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a FEATHEADER record containing an invalid cbHdrData size element that affects a pointer offset, aka "Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Severity
- EPSS
- 84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2022-03-03, due 2022-03-24
- CWE
- CWE-787
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:excel
- microsoft:excel_viewer
- microsoft:office
- microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter