Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac obtain a certain length value from an uninitialized memory location, which allows remote attackers to trigger a buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka "Excel Data Initialization Vulnerability."
Published Apr 13, 2011
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 70.17%
Description
Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac obtain a certain length value from an uninitialized memory location, which allows remote attackers to trigger a buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka "Excel Data Initialization Vulnerability."
Affected products
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 (16 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 70.17% (0.70166) | 99.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 71.13% (0.71129) | 99.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 89.42% (0.89418) | 99.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 97.09% (0.97086) | 99.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 96.76% (0.96762) | 99.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 29, 2024 | 96.82% (0.96824) | 99.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 11, 2024 | 97.05% (0.97050) | 99.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 21, 2024 | 97.19% (0.97191) | 99.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 2, 2023 | 97.18% (0.97177) | 99.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 12, 2023 | 97.06% (0.97057) | 99.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 20, 2023 | 97.20% (0.97200) | 99.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 9, 2023 | 97.25% (0.97245) | 99.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 97.23% (0.97229) | 99.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 87.21% (0.87211) | 99.74th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jun 3, 2022 | 87.21% (0.87211) | 99.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 87.61% (0.87607) | 99.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39122 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12618 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/39122 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12618 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
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