CVE-2008-0116
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 48.2%EU EUVD
Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2003 SP2, Viewer 2003, Compatibility Pack, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed tags in rich text, aka "Excel Rich Text Validation Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 48.2% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0129)
- Published
- March 11, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0129 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / excel
- microsoft / excel
- microsoft / excel
- microsoft / excel viewer
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007
References
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-08-03
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489430/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28168(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019586
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html(Patch, US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/references(Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-014
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5212
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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