CVE-2012-1847 (GCVE-0-2012-1847)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-05-09 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:08
VLAI
Summary
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 Series Record Parsing Type Mismatch Could Result in Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
microsoft CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 3838 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027041 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53379 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://secunia.com/advisories/49112 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2012-05-08 00:00
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