RCE in Microsoft Word

CVE-2010-3218

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Word 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed records in a Word document, aka "Word Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.587 (98.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Microsoft Word — versions 2002
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7010 (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
MS10-079 (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
TA10-285A (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)