VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-1249

CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability24.78%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-06-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 for Mac, Office 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed ExternName (0x23) record, aka "Excel Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0823 and CVE-2010-1247.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Primary references