CVE-2006-1304: Microsoft Excel

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 10.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .xls file with a crafted COLINFO record, which triggers the overflow during a "data filling operation."

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel: version 2000 only; version 2002 only; version 2003 only; version x only
• Microsoft Excel Viewer: version 2003 only

Published 2006-07-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.