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CVE-2010-3218

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-3218 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2002 SP3, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted Word documents. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring only medium attack complexity and no authentication for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. The vulnerability is categorized as CWE-94.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
23.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2383 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-079
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7010
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html
US Government Resource