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CVE-2010-0257

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 18.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-03-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 does not properly parse the Excel file format, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Microsoft Office Excel Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 2002-sp3, 2003-sp3, 2007-sp1, 2007-sp2
• Microsoft Office: 2004, 2008
• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack: 2007-sp1, 2007-sp2
• Microsoft Office Excel Viewer: all versions
• Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server: 2007-sp1, 2007-sp2
• Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter: all versions

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023698
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-017
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8617
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023698
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-017
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8617

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