CVE-2008-0113

Description

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."

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 66.52% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-008
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/29321 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-016 vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5421 vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489415/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0848/references vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019578 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-0113?
CVE-2008-0113 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-0113?
To fix CVE-2008-0113, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-0113 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-0113 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~67% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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