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CVE-2008-4265

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 24.6%EU EUVD

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel spreadsheet that contains a malformed object, which triggers memory corruption during the loading of records from this spreadsheet, 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-399
EPSS score
24.6% (98th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2008-4248)
Published
December 10, 2008
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4248 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • microsoft / 20007 office system
  • microsoft / 20007 office system
  • microsoft / office
  • microsoft / office
  • microsoft / office
  • microsoft / office
  • microsoft / office
  • microsoft / office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007
  • microsoft / office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007
  • microsoft / office excel
  • microsoft / office excel
  • microsoft / office excel
  • microsoft / office excel
  • microsoft / office excel
  • microsoft / office excel viewer
  • microsoft / office excel viewer
  • microsoft / office excel viewer
  • microsoft / open xml file format converter

References

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

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