CVE-2012-1847

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2008 and 2011 for Mac; Excel Viewer; and Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3 do not properly handle memory during the opening of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Series Record Parsing Type Mismatch Could Result in Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 9, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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