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CVE-2010-3221

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 19.4% 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-94

Description

Microsoft Word 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, Office 2004 for Mac, and Word Viewer do not properly handle a malformed record during parsing of a Word document, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document that triggers memory corruption, aka "Word Parsing Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2004
• Microsoft Word for Android: 2002-sp3, 2003-sp3
• Microsoft Word Viewer: all versions

References

• 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%3A7032
• 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%3A7032

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