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CVE-2011-0978
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2; Office 2004 for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office…
High9.3EPSS 42.6%
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- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2; Office 2004 for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to an axis properties record, and improper incrementing of an array index, aka "Excel Array Indexing 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)
- 42.6% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (5 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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- affected n/a
References (10)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12439 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- TA11-102A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 39122 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoft (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 43232 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-042/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1025337 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MS11-021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 8231 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0940 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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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