CVE-2012-0184

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 24.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-05-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2008 and 2011 for Mac; Excel Viewer; and Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3 do not properly handle memory during the opening of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel SXLI Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 2003-sp3, 2007-sp2, 2007-sp3, 2010, 2010-sp1
Microsoft Excel Viewer: all versions
Microsoft Office: 2008, 2011
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/49112
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53375
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027041
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html
http://www.verisigninc.com/en_US/products-and-services/network-intelligence-availability/idefense/public-vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=982
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-030
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75117
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14789
http://secunia.com/advisories/49112
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53375
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027041
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html

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