CVE-2010-1900

Critical

Description

Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2; Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; and Works 9 do not properly handle malformed records in a Word file, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted file, aka "Word Record Parsing Vulnerability."

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Word
PublishedAug 11, 2010
First seenAug 11, 2010

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft word2002, 2003, 2007—
microsoft office2004, 2008—
microsoft open_xml_file_format_converterNo range specified—
microsoft office_compatibility_pack2007—
microsoft office_word_viewerNo range specified—
microsoft works9.0—

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