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CVE-2004-0846
Unknown vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, 2001 for Mac, and v.X for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 28.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Unknown vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, 2001 for Mac, and v.X for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious file containing certain parameters that are not properly validated.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 38 days later
· 38 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 28.3% · top 1.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- MS04-033 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- P-009 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- 12800 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- excel-ms04033-patch(17683) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2673 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- excel-execute-code(17653) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20041013 Buffer Overflow In Microsoft Excel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4226 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- VU#274496 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0844 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-0846)Record last updated .