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CVE-2010-3333: Microsoft Office Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-03
• EPSS: 89.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, Office 2007 SP2, Office 2010, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, Office for Mac 2011, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RTF data, aka "RTF Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2003-sp3, 2004, 2007-sp2, 2008, 2010, 2011 (+1)
• Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter: all versions

References

• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=880
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38521
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42144
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8293
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44652
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024705
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-313A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2923
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-087
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11931
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=880
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38521

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