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Integer overflow in the REPT function in Microsoft Excel...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 2, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 31, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Integer overflow in the REPT function in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office SharePoint Server 2007 Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file containing a formula within a cell, aka "Formula Parsing Vulnerability."

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 15, 2008
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 2, 2022
Last updated Jan 31, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

86.972%
(99th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2008-4019

GHSA ID

GHSA-q883-6gp3-mh7v

Source code

No known source code

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