CVE-2012-1885 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2012-1885?

CVE-2012-1885 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 14 Nov 2012. 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

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 SP1; Office 2008 and 2011 for Mac; and Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel SerAuxErrBar Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1885?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack.

How do I fix CVE-2012-1885?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1885 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-2012-1885 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1885 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-8v2c-6fw4-69f3.