CVE-2010-1248 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2010-1248?

CVE-2010-1248 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 8 Jun 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

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed HFPicture (0x866) record, aka "Excel HFPicture Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1248?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office.

How do I fix CVE-2010-1248?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-1248 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-2010-1248 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-1248 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel

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• 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

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-wh7v-qcw6-mgpw.