Description

Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a FEATHEADER record containing an invalid cbHdrData size element that affects a pointer offset, aka "Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-11/0080.htmlBroken Link
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=832Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/59860Broken Link
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14706Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36945Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023157Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-314A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-083Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-067Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6521Broken Link
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-11/0080.htmlBroken Link
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=832Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/59860Broken Link
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14706Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36945Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023157Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-314A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-083Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-067Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6521Broken Link
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-3129US Government Resource

Timeline

Published: Nov 11, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: Mar 3, 2022
NVD status: Analyzed