Excel WriteAV Vulnerability

CVE-2011-1278 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 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 WriteAV Vulnerability."

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