Description
Microsoft Word 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac do not properly check an unspecified boundary during parsing of a Word document, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document that triggers memory corruption, aka "Word Boundary Check Vulnerability."
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7375
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-079
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html
Scores
EPSS
0.1975
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-94
Status
published
Products (2)
microsoft/office
2004
microsoft/word
2002 sp3
Published
Oct 13, 2010
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026