Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 8, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-1249
CVE-2010-1249
Description
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 for Mac, Office 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed ExternName (0x23) record, aka "Excel Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0823 and CVE-2010-1247.
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Affected products
6- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: SP3
Patches
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References
6- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- osvdb.org/65232nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511767/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/40527nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-038nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6634nvd
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