CVE-2007-1214 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2007-1214?

CVE-2007-1214 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 8 May 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2, 2003 Viewer, and 2004 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted AutoFilter filter record in an Excel BIFF8 format XLS file, which triggers memory corruption.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1214?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel Viewer.

How do I fix CVE-2007-1214?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1214 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2007-1214 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1214 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel

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• CVE-2016-7262 Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-3129 Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2008-0081 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8

All Microsoft Excel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-v7j8-f2f4-23f6.