CVE-2011-0655

Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 SP2 and 2010; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; PowerPoint Viewer; PowerPoint Viewer 2007 SP2; and PowerPoint Web App do not properly validate TimeColorBehaviorContainer Floating Point records in PowerPoint documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted document containing an invalid record, aka "Floating Point Techno-color Time Bandit RCE Vulnerability."

Published: 2011-04-13 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-0655 is rated High Risk (71.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 22.59%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-0655

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-17 22.32% 22.59% +0.28%
2 2026-06-15 67.77% 22.32% -45.45%
3 2025-10-13 67.77%

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-0655

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-0655

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-0655

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft office 2004 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2008 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2011 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2011:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_compatibility_pack 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_powerpoint_viewer cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_powerpoint_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft powerpoint 2010 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2010:*:x32:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft powerpoint 2010 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2010:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft powerpoint_viewer 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint_viewer:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft powerpoint_web_app cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint_web_app:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-0655

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