CVE-2011-0980

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 26.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-02-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac do not properly parse Office Art objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a function pointer, aka "Excel Dangling Pointer Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 2002-sp3, 2003, 2003-sp3
Microsoft Office: 2004, 2008
Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter: all versions

References

http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoft
http://secunia.com/advisories/39122
http://secunia.com/advisories/43210
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-11-040/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12018
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoft
http://secunia.com/advisories/39122
http://secunia.com/advisories/43210

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