Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a FEATHEADER record containing an invalid cbHdrData size element that affects a pointer offset, aka "Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Published Nov 11, 2009 ·Due Mar 24, 2022
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 84.03%
Description
Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a FEATHEADER record containing an invalid cbHdrData size element that affects a pointer offset, aka "Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
- 2002
- 2003
- 2007
- 2007
- n/a
- n/a
- 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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Date Added
Mar 3, 2022
Patch Due
Mar 24, 2022
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
ActiveAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Feb 10, 2025 · SSVC 2.0.3
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 (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 84.03% (0.84034) | 99.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 85.61% (0.85615) | 99.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 85.73% (0.85731) | 99.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 92.44% (0.92436) | 99.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 91.03% (0.91029) | 99.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 89.73% (0.89728) | 99.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 97.21% (0.97208) | 99.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 17, 2024 | 97.15% (0.97151) | 99.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 96.89% (0.96889) | 99.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 11, 2024 | 97.17% (0.97170) | 99.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 97.33% (0.97329) | 99.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 14, 2024 | 97.30% (0.97305) | 99.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 14, 2023 | 97.20% (0.97202) | 99.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 97.01% (0.97011) | 99.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 17, 2023 | 96.80% (0.96798) | 99.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 23, 2023 | 97.09% (0.97089) | 99.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 97.05% (0.97052) | 99.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 89.83% (0.89830) | 99.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 89.83% (0.89830) | 99.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 80.76% (0.80764) | 99.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 89.83% (0.89830) | 99.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-11/0080.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken Link
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=832 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEBroken Link
- http://osvdb.org/59860 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14706 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36945 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023157 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-314A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-083 x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-067 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSPatchVendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6521 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-3129 government-resourceUS Government Resource
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