HIGH
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."
Published Dec 10, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 27.58%
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."
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2000
- 2002
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2004
- 2008
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
27.58% 0.27585
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.27585
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (27 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 27.58% (0.27585) | 98.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 27.58% (0.27585) | 97.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 59.29% (0.59290) | 98.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 1, 2025 | 63.59% (0.63587) | 98.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 65.66% (0.65655) | 98.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 70.06% (0.70063) | 98.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 65.66% (0.65655) | 98.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 17.94% (0.17937) | 96.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 10.84% (0.10835) | 95.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 11.79% (0.11791) | 95.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 26, 2024 | 20.74% (0.20743) | 96.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 26.70% (0.26698) | 96.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 8, 2024 | 40.66% (0.40658) | 97.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 5, 2024 | 48.41% (0.48405) | 97.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 30, 2024 | 60.18% (0.60179) | 97.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 61.91% (0.61908) | 97.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 17, 2023 | 62.82% (0.62819) | 97.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 10, 2023 | 74.36% (0.74362) | 97.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 75.34% (0.75340) | 97.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 10, 2023 | 73.95% (0.73947) | 97.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 80.92% (0.80922) | 97.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2023 | 89.46% (0.89463) | 98.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 89.36% (0.89359) | 98.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 40.60% (0.40600) | 98.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| May 13, 2022 | 40.60% (0.40600) | 98.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 12, 2022 | 43.56% (0.43565) | 97.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 48.89% (0.48886) | 98.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (7)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-36/ x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499055/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5808 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-36/ | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499055/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5808 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Dec 10, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 25, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4266
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a