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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3477
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CVE-2008-3477

Description:
Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP2 and SP3 does not properly validate data in the VBA Performance Cache when processing an Office document with an embedded object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file containing a crafted value, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, integer overflows, array index errors, and memory corruption, aka "Calendar Object Validation Vulnerability."

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45566
  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:5870

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

IDEFENSE
  http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=746

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

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

BID
  31702


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