CVE-2010-3221 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Word 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, Office 2004 for Mac, and Word Viewer do not properly handle a malformed record during parsing of a Word document, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document that triggers memory corruption, aka "Word Parsing Vulnerability."

Published: 2010-10-13

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 54.3% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004::mac:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2002:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2003:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_viewer::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.54346.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-079
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7032

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Office Word Word Viewer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2010-10-13T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:03:18.656Z

Reserved: 2010-09-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-3221

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-10-13T19:00:44.917

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-3221

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94

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