CVE-2008-3471
Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—
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."
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Base score: 9.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 52%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 99
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (5)
CWEs
- CWE-787
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32211
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31705
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021044
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2808
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-068/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-057
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45579
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45581
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5750
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32211
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31705
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021044
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2808
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-068/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-057
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45579
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45581
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5750
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