CVE-2008-4266
Array index vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel spreadsheet with a NAME record that contains an invalid index value, which triggers stack corruption, aka "Excel Global Array Memory Corruption 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
- 27.6% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4249)
- 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-2008-4249 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 / excel viewer
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / open xml file format converter
References
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-36/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499055/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386(Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5808
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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