Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 8, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2010-1248

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."

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Affected products

Microsoft/Excel2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: Excel 2002 SP3; Office 2004 for Mac
Microsoft/Office
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*

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References

www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
osvdb.org/65235nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511765/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/40526nvd
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-038nvd
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7223nvd

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