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CVE-2006-1304

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-07-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .xls file with a crafted COLINFO record, which triggers the overflow during a "data filling operation."

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 2000, 2000-sp2, 2000-sp3, 2000-sr1, 2002, 2002-sp1 (+5)
• Microsoft Excel Viewer: 2003

References

• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016472
• http://www.nsfocus.com/english/homepage/research/0606.htm
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439909/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18888
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2755
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-037
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A545
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016472
• http://www.nsfocus.com/english/homepage/research/0606.htm
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439909/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18888
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2755

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