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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3471
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CVE-2008-3471

Description:
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BIFF file with a malformed record that triggers a user-influenced size calculation, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45579
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45581

ST
  1021044

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA32211

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5750

MS
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-057.mspx

MISC
  http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-068/

HP
  http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2

CERT
  http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html

BID
  31705


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