4.3med

CVE-2007-1239

Microsoft Excel 2003 does not properly parse .XLS files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via…

Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
12.2%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Microsoft Excel 2003 does not properly parse .XLS files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a file with a (1) corrupted XML format or a (2) corrupted XLS format, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

12.18% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/461373/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/22717 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securityvulns.com /news/Microsoft/Excel/XML/DoS.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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