CVE-2010-2572
High 7.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Microsoft PowerPoint Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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."
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
-
7.8 (HIGH)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 59% (percentile: 99) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-120
Affected products
microsoft: powerpoint
References
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-0… PatchVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-0… PatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-313A.html Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%… Broken Link
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-313A.html Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%… Broken Link
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010… US Government Resource