Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Excel Viewer SP2 do not properly handle errors during the parsing of Office Art records in Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object record, related to a "stray reference," aka "Excel Linked List Corruption Vulnerability."
Published Feb 10, 2011
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 26.52%
Description
Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Excel Viewer SP2 do not properly handle errors during the parsing of Office Art records in Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object record, related to a "stray reference," aka "Excel Linked List Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
- n/a
- 2002
- 2003
- 2007
- 2010
- n/a
- 2004
- 2008
- 2011
- 2007
- 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.
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 (17 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 26.52% (0.26523) | 97.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 26.52% (0.26523) | 97.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 12, 2025 | 66.75% (0.66749) | 98.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 64.30% (0.64300) | 98.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 72.71% (0.72707) | 98.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 64.30% (0.64300) | 98.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 73.63% (0.73628) | 98.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 81.37% (0.81370) | 98.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 15, 2024 | 84.20% (0.84203) | 98.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 3, 2024 | 86.82% (0.86820) | 98.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 88.04% (0.88044) | 98.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 11, 2023 | 84.52% (0.84517) | 98.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 19, 2023 | 77.89% (0.77889) | 97.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2023 | 52.79% (0.52788) | 97.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 45.05% (0.45052) | 96.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 67.16% (0.67160) | 99.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 67.16% (0.67160) | 98.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoft x_refsource_MISC
- http://osvdb.org/70904 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39122 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43231 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- 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_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-041/ x_refsource_MISC
- 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%3A12595 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoft | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://osvdb.org/70904 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/39122 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/43231 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| 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_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-041/ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| 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%3A12595 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
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