CVE-2011-0104 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through memory corruption when a user opens a specially crafted Excel file containing a malicious HLink record. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-35573) exists, indicating potential for exploitation, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2002CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2003CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2004CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2008CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.