CVE-2010-3214
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Word 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; Word Viewer; Office Web Apps; and Word Web App allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word document, aka "Word Stack Overflow Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 24.4% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3213)
- Published
- October 13, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3213 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office compatibility pack
- microsoft / office web apps
- microsoft / open xml file format converter
- microsoft / word
- microsoft / word
- microsoft / word
- microsoft / word
- microsoft / word
- microsoft / word viewer
- microsoft / word web app
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514302/100/0/threaded
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html(US Government Resource)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-079
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7322
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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