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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2008-0116 in the critical feed json

Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2003 SP2, Viewer 2003, Compatibility Pack, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allows user-assisted remote at…

published 2008-03-11 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0129

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
48.2%
EPSS 48.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2003 SP2, Viewer 2003, Compatibility Pack, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed tags in rich text, aka "Excel Rich Text Validation Vulnerability."

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-5287)

Exploit prediction

48.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-5287 Microsoft Excel - Code Execution (MS08-014) local, 2008-03-21

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.