CVE-2012-5672

Microsoft Excel Viewer (aka Xlview.exe) and Excel in Microsoft Office 2007 (aka Office 12) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read access violation and application crash) via a crafted spreadsheet file, as demonstrated by a .xls file with battery voltage data.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/524379	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/524379	Exploit

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2012-10-25 10:51

Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51

NVD link : CVE-2012-5672

Mitre link : CVE-2012-5672

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-5672

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

office
excel
excel_viewer

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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