CVE-2010-1249
highpriority · attend · 46EPSS 0.248 · 98 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (5)
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- microsoft open xml file format converterall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (12)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://osvdb.org/65232enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511767/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40527enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-038enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6634enisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/65232nvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511767/100/0/threadednvd
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