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."
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html | third party advisory us government resource |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/39122 | third party advisory |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337 | vdb entry |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12618 | vdb entry signature |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021 | vendor advisory |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940 | vdb entry |