Buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel
CVE-2010-0261
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP1 and SP2 and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet in which "a MDXSET record is broken up into several records," aka "Microsoft Office Excel MDXSET Record Heap Overflow Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.231 (97.7th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.231 · newest: 0.231 · 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 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-017 (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8479 (signature, vdb-entry)