CVE-2008-4266
highpriority · attend · 47EPSS 0.276 · 98 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Array index vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel spreadsheet with a NAME record that contains an invalid index value, which triggers stack corruption, aka "Excel Global Array Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (8)
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- microsoft open xml file format converterall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (14)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-36/enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499055/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5808enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-36/Vendor Advisorynvd
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