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CVE-2010-1248 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel f…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-1277

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
27.2%
EPSS 27.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed HFPicture (0x866) record, aka "Excel HFPicture Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-15019)

Exploit prediction

27.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-15065 Microsoft Excel - WOPT Record Parsing Heap Memory Corruption dos, 2010-09-21
  • EDB-15019 Microsoft Excel - HFPicture Record Parsing Remote Code Execution dos, 2010-09-16

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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