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CVE-2011-1988

38
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1988 is a critical heap corruption vulnerability affecting multiple Microsoft Excel versions and related products, including Excel 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, Office for Mac, and the Excel Viewer. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted Excel spreadsheet. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it poses a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity and high FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2004CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
18.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1861 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-072
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12836
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html
US Government Resource