CVE-2010-1249

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
64.9%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 2% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: June 8, 2010 (5819 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 for Mac, Office 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed ExternName (0x23) record, aka "Excel Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0823 and CVE-2010-1247.

CWE

CWE-94

Affected Products

microsoft excelmicrosoft officemicrosoft open xml file format converter

References

🔗 osvdb.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.us-cert.gov 🔗 docs.microsoft.com