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GHSA-8325-HMCC-G9MQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-02 03:42 – Updated: 2025-10-22 03:30

Details

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."

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2009-3129 (GCVE-0-2009-3129)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-11-11 19:00 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:05

Summary

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Assigner

microsoft

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GHSA-8325-HMCC-G9MQ

CVE-2009-3129 (GCVE-0-2009-3129)

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