Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 13, 2010· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2010-3238

Description

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, and Office 2004 for Mac, does not properly validate binary file-format information, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel document, aka "Negative Future Function Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft/Excel2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Microsoft/Office
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-080nvd
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6872nvd

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