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CVE-2010-2572: Microsoft PowerPoint Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-06-08
• EPSS: 58.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint 95 document, aka "PowerPoint Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft PowerPoint for Android: 2002-sp3, 2003-sp3

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-313A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-088
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12195
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-313A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-088
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12195
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-2572

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