CVE-2009-0561
highpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.369 · 99 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Integer overflow in Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Excel in 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer; Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2; and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a Shared String Table (SST) record with a numeric field that specifies an invalid number of unique strings, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Record Integer Overflow Vulnerability."
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (12)
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- microsoft office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft office excel viewerall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft office sharepoint server= 2007nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft open xml file format converterall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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sources
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references (20)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=805enisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/54957enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-12/enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504190/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35245enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022351enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1540enisa_euvd
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