CVE-2008-3471

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BIFF file with a malformed record that triggers a user-influenced size calculation, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."

• CWE-787

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32211Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31705Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021044Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2808Third Party Advisory
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-068/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-057Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45579Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45581Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5750Third Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32211Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31705Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021044Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2808Third Party Advisory
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-068/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-057Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45579Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45581Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5750Third Party Advisory

Published

Oct 15, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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