CVE - CVE-2011-0979

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-0979	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Excel Viewer SP2 do not properly handle errors during the parsing of Office Art records in Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object record, related to a "stray reference," aka "Excel Linked List Corruption Vulnerability."
References
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CERT:TA11-102A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html MISC:http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoft MISC:http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-041/ MS:MS11-021 URL:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021 OSVDB:70904 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/70904~~ (Obsolete source) OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12595 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12595 SECTRACK:1025337 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337 SECUNIA:39122 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/39122 SECUNIA:43231 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/43231 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0940 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940~~ (Obsolete source)
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20110210	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 (20110210)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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