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Microsoft Excel Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Secunia Advisory:

SA20268

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Release Date:

2006-07-06

Last Update:

2006-10-11

Popularity:

18,809 views

Critical:

Highly critical

Impact:

System access

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

Software:

Microsoft Excel 2000
Microsoft Excel 2002
Microsoft Excel 2003
Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003
Microsoft Office X for Mac
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Works Suite 2004
Microsoft Works Suite 2005
Microsoft Works Suite 2006

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Excel, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

1) A boundary error within the parsing of DATETIME records can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted spreadsheet.

2) A boundary error within the parsing of STYLE records can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted spreadsheet.

3) A boundary error when parsing Lotus 1-2-3 files can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted file.

4) A boundary error within the parsing of COLINFO records can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted spreadsheet.

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