CVE-2009-3129

Summary

CVE-2009-3129 is a vulnerability affecting multiple Microsoft Office Excel versions, including those on Windows and Mac, as well as certain converters and viewers. This issue stems from an invalid cbHdrData size element in a FEATHEADER record, resulting in memory corruption. Malicious spreadsheets with this malformed record can be used by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3, Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2, and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 are all impacted by this vulnerability.

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