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CVE-2008-4266
Array index vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office 2004 and 2008…
High9.3EPSS 27.6%
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- microsoft
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."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 27.6% · top 1.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (7)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-36/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MS08-074 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3386 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20081209 Secunia Research: Microsoft Excel NAME Record Array Indexing Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5808 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1021368 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- TA08-344A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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