CVE-2011-0101 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted RealTimeData record, related to a stTopic field, double-byte characters, and an incorrect pointer calculation, aka "Excel Record Parsing WriteAV Vulnerability."

Published: 2011-04-13

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 71.6% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.71582.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/71766
http://secunia.com/advisories/39122
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517463/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47243
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-120
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11676

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Excel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2011-04-13T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:43:14.499Z

Reserved: 2010-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0101

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-04-13T18:55:01.157

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-0101

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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