01 Record

CVE-2011-0978

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2; Office 2004 for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2; Office 2004 for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 42.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 98.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. 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

2011-02-10 18:00Z15 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 22:14Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2011-02-10

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

cc30d8f109e44c7ea765ee5ec949752a3789c13ef07bd5ea27251b160e62fdc1

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

microsoftexcelNot specified—

microsoftexcel_viewerNot specified—

microsoftofficeNot specified—

microsoftoffice_compatibility_packNot specified—

06 References

oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:12439https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12439vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
www.us-cert.govTA11-102Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
secunia.com39122http://secunia.com/advisories/39122third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
dvlabs.tippingpoint.comhttp://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoftx_refsource_MISC
secunia.com43232http://secunia.com/advisories/43232third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
zerodayinitiative.comhttp://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-042/x_refsource_MISC
www.securitytracker.com1025337http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
docs.microsoft.comMS11-021https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
securityreason.com8231http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8231third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
www.vupen.comADV-2011-0940http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN