CVE-2009-0561 Information

Description

Integer overflow in Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 Office XP SP3 Office 2003 SP3 and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Excel in 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer; Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word Excel and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2; and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a Shared String Table (SST) record with a numeric field that specifies an invalid number of unique strings which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow aka \Record Integer Overflow Vulnerability.\

Reference

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=805 http://osvdb.org/54957 http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-12/ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504190/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35245 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022351 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1540 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-021 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A5925