CVE-2010-0260 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2010-0260?

CVE-2010-0260 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 10 Mar 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office Excel Viewer 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 MDXTUPLE record is broken up into several records," aka "Microsoft Office Excel MDXTUPLE Record Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0260?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack, Microsoft Office Excel Viewer, Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server, Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0260?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0260 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2010-0260 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0260 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel

• CVE-2019-1297 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2009-0238 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7262 Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-3129 Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2008-0081 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8

All Microsoft Excel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-wc72-922g-4fvx.