CVE-2012-0143 (GCVE-0-2012-0143)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-05-09 00:00
Modified
2024-08-06 18:16
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and Office 2008 for Mac do not properly handle memory during the opening of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Memory Corruption Using Various Modified Bytes Vulnerability."
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