CVE-2008-4265

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 24.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel spreadsheet that contains a malformed object, which triggers memory corruption during the loading of records from this spreadsheet, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Office: 2004, 2008
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007: all versions
Microsoft Office Excel: 2000-sp3, 2002-sp3, 2003-sp3
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer: 2003, 2003-sp3
Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter: all versions

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=763
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5614
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=763
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5614

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