CVE-2010-3217

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 40.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-10-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Double free vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with crafted List Format Override (LFO) records, aka "Word Pointer Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Word for Android: 2002-sp3

References

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-76/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514298/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515440/100/0/threaded
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-079
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6695
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-76/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514298/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515440/100/0/threaded
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-079
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6695

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