CVE-2012-5672: Microsoft Excel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 12.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Excel Viewer (aka Xlview.exe) and Excel in Microsoft Office 2007 (aka Office 12) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read access violation and application crash) via a crafted spreadsheet file, as demonstrated by a .xls file with battery voltage data.

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel: version 2007 only
• Microsoft Excel Viewer: any version
• Microsoft Office: version 2007 only

Published 2012-10-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.