CVE-2010-2563

Windows XP SP2/SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 - Remote Code Execution via Malformed Word 97 Document

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Word 97 text converter in the WordPad Text Converters in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly parse malformed structures in Word 97 documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document containing an unspecified value that is used in a loop counter, aka "WordPad Word 97 Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_idefense
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=879
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6632

Scores

EPSS 0.1857
EPSS Percentile 96.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (2)
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_xp (2 CPE variants)
Published Sep 15, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026