CVE-2010-3221 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Word 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, Office 2004 for Mac, and Word Viewer. It stems from improper handling of a malformed record during Word document parsing, leading to memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code over a network with medium attack complexity, resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and risk scores (EPSS 0.54346, FAUCET 98/100), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
2004CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2002CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2003CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.