Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 16, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-1279
CVE-2011-1279
Description
Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac do not properly validate record information during parsing of Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Out of Bounds WriteAV Vulnerability."
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
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