Buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .xls file with certain…

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .xls file with certain crafted fields in a SELECTION record, which triggers memory corruption, aka "Malformed SELECTION record Vulnerability."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

13.6% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• MS06-037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
• http://www.nsfocus.com/english/homepage/research/0605.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 1238 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 1016472 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 20060712 NSFOCUS SA2006-05 : Microsoft Excel SELECTION Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 18885 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ADV-2006-2755 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:379 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 17:03 UTC.