CVE-2009-3129

Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a FEATHEADER record containing an invalid cbHdrData size element that affects a pointer offset, aka "Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

• CWE-787
• CWE-787

• https://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-11/0080.htmlBroken Link
• https://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=832Broken Link
• https://osvdb.org/59860Broken Link
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14706Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36945Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023157Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-314A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-083Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-067Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6521Broken Link
• https://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-11/0080.htmlBroken Link
• https://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=832Broken Link
• https://osvdb.org/59860Broken Link
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14706Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36945Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023157Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-314A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-083Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-067Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6521Broken Link
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-3129US Government Resource

Published

Nov 11, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Analyzed

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