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CVE-2008-3471

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 52.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-10-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-787

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 2003-sp2, 2003-sp3, 2007, 2007-sp1
• Microsoft Excel Viewer: 2003, 2003-sp3
• Microsoft Office: 2004, 2008
• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack: 2007, 2007-sp1
• Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter: all versions

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32211
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31705
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021044
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2808
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-068/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-057
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45579
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45581
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5750
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2

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