CVE-2008-0116: Microsoft Excel

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 48.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel: version 2000 only; version 2002 only; version 2003 only
• Microsoft Excel Viewer: version 2003 only
• Microsoft Office: version 2004 only; version 2008 only
• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007: any version

Published 2008-03-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.