CVE-2008-0113 (GCVE-0-2008-0113)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-03-11 23:00
Modified
2024-08-07 07:32
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 up to SP3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel document with malformed cell comments that trigger memory corruption from an "allocation error," aka "Microsoft Office Cell Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
References
secure@microsoft.com http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2
secure@microsoft.com http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2
secure@microsoft.com http://secunia.com/advisories/29321 Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489415/100/0/threaded
secure@microsoft.com http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019578
secure@microsoft.com http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html US Government Resource
secure@microsoft.com http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0848/references Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.com http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-008
secure@microsoft.com https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-016
secure@microsoft.com https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5421
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/29321 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489415/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019578
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0848/references Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-008
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-016
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