CVE-2012-5672

published 2012-10-25

CVE-2012-5672: Microsoft Excel Viewer (aka Xlview.exe) and Excel in Microsoft Office 2007 (aka Office 12) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read access…

Priority P4 25 medium 4.3 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC M Au N C N I N A P

EXPLOIT

Microsoft Excel Viewer (aka Xlview.exe) and Excel in Microsoft Office 2007 (aka Office 12) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read access violation and application crash) via a crafted spreadsheet file, as demonstrated by a .xls file with battery voltage data.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	excel	—	—
microsoft	office	—	—

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