CVE-2010-0029
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint document, aka "PowerPoint File Path Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 22.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint document, aka "PowerPoint File Path Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 22.46% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- microsoft/powerpoint
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 22.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023563
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.htmlUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-004
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8410
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023563
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.htmlUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-004
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8410
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.