CVE-2008-4266

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."

• CWE-399

• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-36/Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499055/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5808
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-36/Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499055/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5808

Published

Dec 10, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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