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CVE-2010-2572

7.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2010-11-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft PowerPoint Buffer Overflow Vulnerability — Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that alllows for remote code execution.

Added to KEV: 2022-06-08
Remediation due: 2022-06-22
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2572

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2010-11-10
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-120

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 configurations

• microsoft powerpoint 2002 • microsoft powerpoint 2003

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input weakness

References