CVE-2009-0558: microsoft office Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-0558 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Code Injection vulnerability in microsoft office. EPSS estimates a 31.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-06-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Array index error in Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file with a malformed record object, aka "Array Indexing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.