CVE-2011-1988
Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2; Excel in Office 2007 SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2 do not properly parse records in Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Heap Corruption Vulnerability."
- EPSS
- 19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 97% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-119
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:excel
- microsoft:excel_viewer
- microsoft:office
- microsoft:office_compatibility_pack
- microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-072
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12836
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-072