TI-2011-01121 Aliases CVE-2011-1277 GHSA-rq67-v6m5-89h4

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac…

MEDIUM 56CWE-119Published 2011-06-16 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac do not properly validate record information during parsing of Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.16071 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3::::::	2002 sp3	Vulnerable	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008::mac:::::	2008	Vulnerable	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:::mac:::::*	all versions	Vulnerable	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2002 sp3 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2008 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-1277
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rq67-v6m5-89h4

References

Advisory 1

MS11-045

Other 1

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12291

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TI-2007-00655 Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, XP, 2003, and 2004 for Mac, and… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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TI-2016-06250 Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2009-02984 Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8

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Sources

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