CVE-2011-0978
Microsoft Excel Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to an axis properties record, and improper incrementing of an array index, aka "Excel Array Indexing Vulnerability."
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 10, 2011, 7 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2011-0978
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2011-0978.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2011-0978 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2011-0978 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoft Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/39122 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/43232 Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8231 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337 Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940 Added Reference http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-042/ Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12439 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 12, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS11-021.mspx [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 19, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12439 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12439 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 11, 2011
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2011-0978 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2011-0978
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
81.36 }} -0.32%
score
0.99111
percentile