CVE-2010-2572 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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."

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is in the KEV database since June 8, 2022.

The EPSS score is 0.69871.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Powerpoint

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2002:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2003:sp3::::::

No data.

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-313A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-088
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12195

History

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-06-08'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2010-11-10T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-07-30T01:47:04.140Z

Reserved: 2010-06-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-2572

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:39:36.964Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2010-11-10T03:00:01.850

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2010-2572

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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