CVE - CVE-2009-0561

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-0561	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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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BID:35245 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35245 BUGTRAQ:20090609 Secunia Research: Microsoft Excel String Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504190/100/0/threaded CERT:TA09-160A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html IDEFENSE:20090609 Microsoft Excel SST Record Integer Overflow Vulnerability URL:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=805 MISC:http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-12/ MS:MS09-021 URL:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-021 OSVDB:54957 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/54957~~ (Obsolete source) OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5925 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5925 SECTRACK:1022351 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022351 VUPEN:ADV-2009-1540 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1540~~ (Obsolete source)
Assigning CNA
Microsoft Corporation
Date Record Created
20090212	Disclaimer: The record 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)
N/A
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