CVE-2012-0142: Microsoft Excel

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 21.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2008 for Mac; Excel Viewer; and Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3 do not properly handle memory during the opening of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel File Format Memory Corruption in OBJECTLINK Record Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel: version 2003 only; version 2007 only; version 2010 only
• Microsoft Excel Viewer: any version
• Microsoft Office: version 2008 only
• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack: any version

Published 2012-05-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.