CVE-2011-0978

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 42.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-02-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2; Office 2004 for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to an axis properties record, and improper incrementing of an array index, aka "Excel Array Indexing Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 2002-sp3, 2003-sp3, 2007-sp2
Microsoft Excel Viewer: all versions
Microsoft Office: 2004
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack: 2007-sp2

References

http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoft
http://secunia.com/advisories/39122
http://secunia.com/advisories/43232
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8231
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-042/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12439
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoft
http://secunia.com/advisories/39122

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