VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-2572

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability58.65%

CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability

Published2010-11-10

Last modified2026-06-16

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft PowerPoint Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Microsoft / PowerPoint

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."

Weakness classification

CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Primary references

secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
secure@microsoft.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 — US Government Resource