CVE-2010-0261

critical

Published 2010-03-10 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.3

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP1 and SP2 and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet in which "a MDXSET record is broken up into several records," aka "Microsoft Office Excel MDXSET Record Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
microsoft	excel	`2002`
microsoft	excel	`2003`
microsoft	excel	`2007`
microsoft	office	`2004`
microsoft	office	`2008`
microsoft	office_compatibility_pack	`2007`
microsoft	office_excel_viewer
microsoft	office_sharepoint_server	`2007`
microsoft	open_xml_file_format_converter

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.