CVE-2009-3129 (GCVE-0-2009-3129)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-11-11 19:00 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:05Summary
Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a FEATHEADER record containing an invalid cbHdrData size element that affects a pointer offset, aka "Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-10 19:26 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
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| http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14706 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… | government-resource |
Date Public
2009-11-10 00:00
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: e6e7088a-0792-4e1a-8b49-adb3d626ab23
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-03-03
Asserted: 2022-03-03
Scope
Notes: KEV entry: Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability | Affected: Microsoft / Excel | Description: Microsoft Office Excel allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a FEATHEADER record containing an invalid cbHdrData size element that affects a pointer offset. | Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. | Due date: 2022-03-24 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3129
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-94 |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | Excel |
| Due Date | 2022-03-24 |
| Date Added | 2022-03-03 |
| Vendorproject | Microsoft |
| Vulnerabilityname | Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
Created: 2026-02-02 13:25 UTC
| Updated: 2026-02-06 07:53 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: fb44cff8-d47d-4e63-821b-0c3af59c005a
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-03-03
Asserted: 2022-03-03
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel... | Affected: Microsoft / Office Excel | CVSS: 7.8 (HIGH) | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel... |
| Vendor | Microsoft |
| Product | Office Excel |
| Added Date | 2022-03-03T00:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 7.8 |
| Epss Score | None |
| Cvss Severity | HIGH |
| Epss Percentile | None |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
References
Created: 2026-06-23 11:13 UTC
| Updated: 2026-06-23 11:13 UTC
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Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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