CVE-2012-5672 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Microsoft Excel Viewer and Excel in Microsoft Office 2007. A remote attacker can trigger an application crash and read access violation by providing a specially crafted spreadsheet file. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and requires user interaction, leading to a partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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