Is CVE-2010-4253 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-4253 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4253?

CVE-2010-4253 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2010-4253

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 10.1%EU EUVD

Heap-based buffer overflow in Impress in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x and 3.x before 3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file in an ODF or Microsoft Office document, as demonstrated by a PowerPoint (aka PPT) document.

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-787
EPSS score: 10.1% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-4226)
Published: January 28, 2011
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4226 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apache / openoffice
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux

References

http://osvdb.org/70717(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40775(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42999(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43065(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43105(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60799(Broken Link)
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1056-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2151(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-19.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:027(Broken Link)
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-4253.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2011-301950.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0182.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46031(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025002(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0232(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0279(Broken Link)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=658259(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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