MS.Excel.File.Handling.NULL.Pointer.Dereference.DoS

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This indicates an attack attempt against a Denial of Service vulnerability in Microsoft Excel.
The vulnerability is caused by an error when the vulnerable software handles a specially crafted ".XLS" file. It allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service.

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Microsoft Excel 2003 SP2
Microsoft Excel 2003 SP1
Microsoft Excel 2003

Impact logoImpact

Denial of Service.

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Currently we are not aware of any official patch for this issue.

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Coverage

IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)

Version Updates

Date Version Detail
2019-07-03 14.642 Sig Added