CVE-2010-3333
Microsoft Office: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
As of , CVE-2010-3333 in Microsoft Office is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 3 March 2022
- US federal deadline
- 24 March 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.89Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.92 on 3 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 4 Exploit-DB entries (4 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the parsing of RTF data in Microsoft Office and earlier allows an attacker to perform remote code execution.
CISA's description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, Office 2007 SP2, Office 2010, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, Office for Mac 2011, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RTF data, aka "RTF Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."
The CVE record's description, from microsoft
- CVE published
- 10 November 2010
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- CVSS
- 7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-787
- Out-of-bounds Write
- CWE-119
- Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 16686).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 17474).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 18334).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 24526).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: MS10-087 Microsoft Word RTF pFragments Stack Buffer Overflow (File Format)exploit module, rank great
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Office 2010 - Download ExecuteEDB-ID 24526, verified by Exploit-DB, 20 February 2013
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Office 2003 Home/Pro - Code Execution (MS10-087)EDB-ID 18334, verified by Exploit-DB, 8 January 2012
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Office 2010 - '.RTF' Header Stack OverflowEDB-ID 17474, verified by Exploit-DB, 3 July 2011
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Word - '.RTF' pFragments Stack Buffer Overflow (File Format) (MS10-087) (Metasploit)EDB-ID 16686, verified by Exploit-DB, 4 March 2011
Office: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2016-3235OLE DLL Side Loading | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekMetasploit module; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.43 | ||
| CVE-2017-11882Memory Corruption | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.99 | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2026-21509Security Feature Bypass | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.71 | 0.71 | ||
| CVE-2009-0556PowerPoint Code Injection | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.67 | 0.67 | ||
| CVE-2023-23397Outlook Privilege Escalation | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.97 | 0.97 | ||
| CVE-2009-0563Buffer Overflow | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.63 | 0.63 | ||
| CVE-2013-1331Buffer Overflow | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.80 | 0.80 | ||
| CVE-2012-1856MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code Execution | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.72 | 0.72 | ||
| CVE-2015-2545Malformed EPS File | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.86 | 0.86 | ||
| CVE-2016-7193Memory Corruption | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.58 | 0.58 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org