CVE-2007-3890 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2007-3890?

CVE-2007-3890 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 14 Aug 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 in Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2, and Office 2004 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Workspace with a certain index value that triggers memory corruption.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3890?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office.

How do I fix CVE-2007-3890?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3890 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-2007-3890 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3890 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel

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• CVE-2009-0238 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• 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-454x-wfc9-v689.