CVE-2010-0263 is a critical code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP1/SP2, Office 2008 for Mac, and related Office components. The flaw stems from improper validation of ZIP headers during decompression of Open XML (.XLSX) documents, leading to access to uninitialized memory. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact through a crafted document. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2002CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2003CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2004CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.