CVE-2010-1248

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allows remote...

9.3 HighPublic exploit

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."

Exploit likelihood

27.2%Down 47.3 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.3

Record: CVE-2010-1248
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-94
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2010-1248
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2010-1277 No score

Record: EUVD-2010-1277
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wh7v-qcw6-mgpw No score

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allows remote...

Record: GHSA-wh7v-qcw6-mgpw
Weakness: CWE-94
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Microsoft Excel - HFPicture Record Parsing Remote Code Execution	2010-09-16
Exploit-DB	Microsoft Excel - WOPT Record Parsing Heap Memory Corruption	2010-09-21

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2010-1248 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Microsoft Excel, published June 8, 2010. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.2%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.