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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-5672

Microsoft Excel Viewer (aka Xlview.exe) and Excel in Microsoft Office 2007 (aka Office 12) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read access violation and application crash) via a crafted spreadsheet file, as demonstrated by a .xls file…

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 12.5%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.5%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Microsoft Excel Viewer (aka Xlview.exe) and Excel in Microsoft Office 2007 (aka Office 12) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read access violation and application crash) via a crafted spreadsheet file, as demonstrated by a .xls file with battery voltage data.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
12.53% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/excel · microsoft/excel viewer · microsoft/office
Source
cve@mitre.org

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