Description
Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2; Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; and Works 9 do not properly handle malformed records in a Word file, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted file, aka "Word Record Parsing Vulnerability."
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Abysssec · pythondoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14971
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11490
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-056
Scores
EPSS
0.4141
EPSS Percentile
97.4%
Details
CWE
CWE-94
Status
published
Products (9)
microsoft/office
2004
microsoft/office
2008
microsoft/office_compatibility_pack
2007 sp2
microsoft/office_word_viewer
microsoft/open_xml_file_format_converter
microsoft/word
2002 sp3
microsoft/word
2003 sp3
microsoft/word
2007 sp2
microsoft/works
9.0
Published
Aug 11, 2010
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026