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CVE-2010-3221

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Published: Oct 13, 2010Modified: Apr 29, 2026

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9.3
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 10.0
Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Word 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, Office 2004 for Mac, and Word Viewer do not properly handle a malformed record during parsing of a Word document, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document that triggers memory corruption, aka "Word Parsing Vulnerability."

Affected (4)

Microsoft
3 products
Office
Word
Word Viewer
Configuration A
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Office
Version 2004
Microsoft
Word
Version 2002 sp3
Word
Version 2003 sp3
Word Viewer
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

References (6)

Source: secure@microsoft.com
US Government Resource
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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