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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-3471

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;…

HIGH 9.3EPSS 52.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 52.3%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
52.32% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
microsoft/excel · microsoft/excel viewer · microsoft/office · microsoft/office compatibility pack · microsoft/open xml file format converter
Source
secure@microsoft.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.