4.3

CVE-2007-1239: microsoft excel

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
Published 03-03-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-1239 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in microsoft excel. EPSS estimates a 12.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
12.18%
0%100%
Medium · +0.57 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 03-03-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Microsoft Excel 2003 does not properly parse .XLS files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a file with a (1) corrupted XML format or a (2) corrupted XLS format, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

12.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.57 pp

From 11.61% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
12.18%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityvulns.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Microsoft1 product
  • excel2003 | 2003:sp1 | 2003:sp2

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links