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CVE-2011-1988

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 18.6%EU EUVD

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2; Excel in Office 2007 SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2 do not properly parse records in Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Heap 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-119
EPSS score
18.6% (97th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2011-1982)
Published
September 15, 2011
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1982 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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

References

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

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