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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2010-3221

Microsoft Word 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, Office 2004 for Mac, and Word Viewer do not properly handle a malformed record during parsing of a Word document, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document that triggers memory…

HIGH 9.3EPSS 19.4%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Microsoft Word 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, Office 2004 for Mac, and Word Viewer do not properly handle a malformed record during parsing of a Word document, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document that triggers memory corruption, aka "Word Parsing Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
19.40% probability · 97th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-94
Affected
microsoft/office · microsoft/word · microsoft/word viewer
Source
secure@microsoft.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.