CVE-2010-0815 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2010-0815?

CVE-2010-0815 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Office, published on 12 May 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

VBE6.DLL in Microsoft Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), and VBA SDK 6.3 through 6.5 does not properly search for ActiveX controls that are embedded in documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "VBE6.DLL Stack Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0815?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, Microsoft Visual Basic Sdk.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0815?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0815 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-2010-0815 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0815 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office

• CVE-2018-0798 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-1770 Microsoft Office Uninitialized Memory Use Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2006-2492 Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2018-0802 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2017-11882 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8

All Microsoft Office vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-cpqr-cpwc-vxwv.