Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-4264
CVE-2008-4264
Description
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; 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 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel spreadsheet that contains a malformed formula, which triggers "pointer corruption" during the loading of formulas from this spreadsheet, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."
Affected products
11cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
6- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32621nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5556nvd
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