Is CVE-2008-3471 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-3471 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-3471?

CVE-2008-3471 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-3471

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 52.3%EU EUVD

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."

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-787
EPSS score: 52.3% (99th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-3457)
Published: October 15, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3457 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

microsoft / excel
microsoft / excel
microsoft / excel
microsoft / excel
microsoft / excel viewer
microsoft / excel viewer
microsoft / excel viewer
microsoft / office
microsoft / office
microsoft / office compatibility pack
microsoft / office compatibility pack
microsoft / open xml file format converter

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2(Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32211(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31705(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021044(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2808(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-068/(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-057(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45579(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45581(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5750(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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