Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1; Excel in Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer and Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 do not properly parse the Excel spreadsheet file format, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet that contains a malformed object with "an offset and a two-byte value" that trigger a memory calculation error, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Published Apr 15, 2009
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 28.83%
Description
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1; Excel in Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer and Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 do not properly parse the Excel spreadsheet file format, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet that contains a malformed object with "an offset and a two-byte value" that trigger a memory calculation error, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
- 2004
- 2008
- n/a
- 2000
- 2002
- 2003
- 2007
- n/a
- 2003
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (26 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 28.83% (0.28832) | 98.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 29.04% (0.29043) | 97.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 57.22% (0.57218) | 98.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 4, 2025 | 61.65% (0.61654) | 98.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 63.80% (0.63802) | 98.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 70.03% (0.70026) | 98.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 63.80% (0.63802) | 98.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 9, 2025 | 74.02% (0.74015) | 98.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 4, 2025 | 75.46% (0.75458) | 98.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 81.47% (0.81471) | 98.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 79.01% (0.79008) | 98.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 82.77% (0.82765) | 98.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 12, 2024 | 86.38% (0.86382) | 98.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 22, 2024 | 88.78% (0.88779) | 98.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 23, 2023 | 91.31% (0.91309) | 98.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 13, 2023 | 91.72% (0.91721) | 98.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 91.91% (0.91906) | 98.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 93.46% (0.93460) | 98.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 15, 2022 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 49.76% (0.49756) | 98.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 8.00% (0.07996) | 93.07th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 15, 2022 | 49.76% (0.49756) | 98.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| May 13, 2022 | 55.10% (0.55095) | 98.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 9, 2022 | 57.79% (0.57789) | 98.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 60.01% (0.60013) | 98.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://osvdb.org/53665 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-16.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502696/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022039 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1023 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-009 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6043 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/53665 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-16.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502696/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022039 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1023 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-009 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6043 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
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