CVE-2008-0113 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 42.2% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 up to SP3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel document with malformed cell comments that trigger memory corruption from an "allocation error," aka "Microsoft Office Cell Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 42.23% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-03-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | excel viewer |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Office XP SP3 - '.PPT' File Buffer Overflow (MS08-016) | 2008-03-30 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29321
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489415/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019578
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0848/references
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-008
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-016
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5421
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29321
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489415/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019578
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0848/references
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-008
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-016
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5421
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