CVE-2008-3471

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BIFF file with a malformed record that triggers a user-influenced size calculation, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-3471
  • Assigner
  • secure@microsoft.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2008-10-15T00:12:15
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-02-09T19:22:53
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:2003:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:-:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021044 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31705 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32211 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-068/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2808 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45581 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45579 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5750 Third Party Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-057 Patch Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3471
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3471
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:33:26 Added to TrackCVE