CVE - CVE-2009-0561

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-0561	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
Description
Integer overflow in Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Excel in 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer; Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2; and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a Shared String Table (SST) record with a numeric field that specifies an invalid number of unique strings, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Record Integer Overflow Vulnerability."
References
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IDEFENSE:20090609 Microsoft Excel SST Record Integer Overflow Vulnerability URL:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=805 BUGTRAQ:20090609 Secunia Research: Microsoft Excel String Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504190/100/0/threaded MISC:http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-12/ MS:MS09-021 URL:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-021.mspx CERT:TA09-160A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html BID:35245 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35245 OSVDB:54957 URL:http://osvdb.org/54957 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5925 URL:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5925 SECTRACK:1022351 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022351 VUPEN:ADV-2009-1540 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1540
Date Entry Created
20090212	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE-ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20090212)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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CVE-2009-0561