Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel
CVE-2010-0258
Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 do not properly parse the Excel file format, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet that causes memory to be interpreted as a different object type than intended, aka "Microsoft Office Excel Sheet Object Type Confusion Vulnerability."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.610 (99.1th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.610 · newest: 0.610 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Excel — versions 2007, 2003, 2002
- Microsoft Office — versions 2004, 2008
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack — versions 2007
- Microsoft Office Excel Viewer
- Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server — versions 2007
- Microsoft Open XML File Format Converter
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-017 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8545 (Broken Link, signature, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-0258?
- CVE-2010-0258 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2010-03-10.
- How severe is CVE-2010-0258?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.