01 Record
CVE-2009-3129
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;
HighKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
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;
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-03. Federal remediation due 2022-03-24.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 84.03% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-11-11 19:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-10-22 00:05Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-09-10
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1c579862b18e9fb564c5f6b418ec9fc6f343efcecd06f473a303f9f2e844a153
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- osvdb.org59860http://osvdb.org/59860
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6521https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6521
- www.securitytracker.com1023157http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023157
- www.securityfocus.com36945http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36945
- www.us-cert.govTA09-314Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-314A.html
- labs.idefense.com20091110 Microsoft Excel FEATHEADER Record Memory Corruption Vulnerabilityhttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=832
- docs.microsoft.comMS09-067https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-067
- archives.neohapsis.com20091110 ZDI-09-083: Microsoft Excel Shared Feature Header Pointer Offset Memory Corruption Vulnerabilityhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-11/0080.html
- www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-083
- www.exploit-db.com14706http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14706
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-3129