Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 13, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2010-2747

Description

Microsoft Word 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac do not properly handle an uninitialized pointer during parsing of a Word document, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document that triggers memory corruption, aka "Word Uninitialized Pointer Vulnerability."

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Affected products

Microsoft/Office
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
Microsoft/Word2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2002 SP3 (Windows), Office 2004 for Mac

Patches

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References

www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514310/100/0/threadednvd
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-079nvd
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7121nvd

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