Actively exploited · Published Nov 10, 2010 · Assigned by microsoft

CVE-2010-2572

High 7.8 Exploited

In plain English

A high-severity buffer overflow in PowerPoint from Microsoft. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on June 8, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 58.6% (higher than 99.1% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)58.6%top 0.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Jun 8, 2022

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by Jun 22, 2022.

Official 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."

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12195 vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
MS10-088 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS
TA10-313A third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-2572 government-resource