RCE in Microsoft Excel
CVE-2010-1248
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed HFPicture (0x866) record, aka "Excel HFPicture Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
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: 0.272 (98.0th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.272 · newest: 0.272 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Excel — versions 2002
- Microsoft Office — versions 2004
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511765/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-038 (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7223 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/40526 (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/65235 (vdb-entry)