CVE-2009-3037: Autonomy Keyview

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 5.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in xlssr.dll in the Autonomy KeyView XLS viewer (aka File Viewer for Excel), as used in IBM Lotus Notes 5.x through 8.5.x, Symantec Mail Security, Symantec BrightMail Appliance, Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .xls spreadsheet attachment.

Affected products

• Autonomy Keyview: any version
• IBM Lotus Notes: version 5.0 only; version 5.0.1 only; version 5.0.2 only; version 5.0.3 only; version 5.0.4 only; version 5.0.5 only; …
• Symantec Brightmail Appliance: version 5.0 only; version 8.0.0 only; version 8.0.1 only
• Symantec Data Loss Prevention Detection Servers: version 7.2 only; version 8.1.1 only; version 9.0.1 only
• Symantec Data Loss Prevention Endpoint Agents: version 8.1.1 only; version 9.0.1 only
• Symantec Mail Security: version 5.0 only; version 5.0.0 only; version 5.0.1 only; version 5.0.1.181 only; version 5.0.1.182 only; version 5.0.1.189 only; …
• Symantec Mail Security Appliance: version 5.0 only; version 5.0.0.24 only; version 5.0.0.36 only

Published 2009-09-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.