CVE-2010-1900 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 39.8% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2; Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; and Works 9 do not properly handle malformed records in a Word file, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted file, aka "Word Record Parsing Vulnerability."
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 39.81% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-08-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (6)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | office |
| microsoft | office compatibility pack |
| microsoft | office word viewer |
| microsoft | open xml file format converter |
| microsoft | word |
| microsoft | works |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Word 2007 SP2 - sprmCMajority Buffer Overflow | 2010-09-11 |
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-056
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11490
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-056
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11490
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