01 Record
CVE-2010-3217
Double free vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with crafted List Format Override (LFO) records, aka "Word Pointer
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Double free vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with crafted List Format Override (LFO) records, aka "Word Pointer
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 40.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-10-13 18:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 03:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-09-03
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e824b88128fa29353dd4cad98a89e53cc5ea019885531d2a3696ead153794931
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6695https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6695
- www.securityfocus.com20101014 VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Office Word Document Invalid Pointer Vulnerability (CVE-2010-3217)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514298/100/0/threaded
- secunia.comhttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-76/
- docs.microsoft.comMS10-079https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-079
- www.securityfocus.com20101223 Secunia Research: Microsoft Word LFO Parsing Double-Free Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515440/100/0/threaded
- www.us-cert.govTA10-285Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html