CVE-2008-3004

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP2 and SP3; Office Excel Viewer 2003; and...

9.3 High

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP2 and SP3; Office Excel Viewer 2003; and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac do not properly validate index values for AxesSet records when loading Excel files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka the "Excel Indexing Validation Vulnerability."

Exploit likelihood

32.2%Down 14.5 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.3

Record: CVE-2008-3004
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2008-3004
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2008-2994 No score

Record: EUVD-2008-2994
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w4fv-wh95-32j3 No score

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP2 and SP3; Office Excel Viewer 2003; and...

Record: GHSA-w4fv-wh95-32j3
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2008-3004 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Microsoft Office, published August 12, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 32.2%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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