Memory corruption in Microsoft Office for macOS and Microsoft Office - CVE-2010-3334
Published: March 22, 2017 / Updated: November 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6154
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3334
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Microsoft Office for macOS
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office for macOS
Microsoft Office
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to boundary error when parsing office drawing records. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Office Art Drawing record with crafted msofbtSp records and unspecified flags, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
The weakness exists due to boundary error when parsing office drawing records. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Office Art Drawing record with crafted msofbtSp records and unspecified flags, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-3334
Install update from vendor's website.