CVE-2010-1248 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious Excel file containing a malformed HFPicture (0x866) record. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a medium attack complexity, but resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Although not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, indicating a potential for exploitation, despite a lack of significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2002CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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.