Description
Integer overflow in Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Excel in 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer; Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2; and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a Shared String Table (SST) record with a numeric field that specifies an invalid number of unique strings, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Record Integer Overflow Vulnerability."
References
- ADV-2009-1540 vdb-entry
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-12/
- 20090609 Secunia Research: Microsoft Excel String Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability mailing-list
- 20090609 Microsoft Excel SST Record Integer Overflow Vulnerability third-party-advisory
- 1022351 vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5925 vdb-entry signature
- MS09-021 vendor-advisory
- TA09-160A third-party-advisory
- 54957 vdb-entry
- 35245 vdb-entry