Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 10, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-0979
CVE-2011-0979
Description
Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Excel Viewer SP2 do not properly handle errors during the parsing of Office Art records in Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object record, related to a "stray reference," aka "Excel Linked List Corruption Vulnerability."
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Affected products
12cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:-:-:x64:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, 2010; Office 2004/2008/2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- secunia.com/advisories/39122nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/43231nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940nvdVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoftnvd
- osvdb.org/70904nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-041/nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12595nvd
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