National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0141

Overview

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2011 for Mac; Excel Viewer; and Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3 do not properly handle memory during the opening of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA12-129A

Name: TA12-129A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS12-030

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-030

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1027041

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027041

External Source: BID

Name: 53342

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53342

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 49112

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/49112

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15152

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15152