CVE-2011-0979

N/A Unknown
Published: February 10, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoft
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/70904
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/39122
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43231
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-041/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12595
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoft
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/70904
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/39122
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43231
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-041/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12595
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

20 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
26.5%
98th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

microsoft

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