VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-3221

CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability19.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-10-13
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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."

Weakness classification

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

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