CVE - CVE-2008-4266

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-4266	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Array index vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel spreadsheet with a NAME record that contains an invalid index value, which triggers stack corruption, aka "Excel Global Array Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
References
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BUGTRAQ:20081209 Secunia Research: Microsoft Excel NAME Record Array Indexing Vulnerability URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499055/100/0/threaded CERT:TA08-344A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html MISC:http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-36/ MS:MS08-074 URL:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5808 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5808 SECTRACK:1021368 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368 VUPEN:ADV-2008-3386 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386~~ (Obsolete source)
Assigning CNA
Microsoft Corporation
Date Record Created
20080925	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 (20080925)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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