CVE-2012-0143 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and Office 2008 for Mac do not properly handle memory during the opening of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Memory Corruption Using Various Modified Bytes Vulnerability."

Published: 2012-05-09

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 58.0% 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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008::mac:::::

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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 0.5796.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/49112
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53374
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027041
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-030
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15064

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Excel Office

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2012-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:16:18.921Z

Reserved: 2011-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-0143

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-05-09T00:55:01.320

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

Link: CVE-2012-0143

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

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