Vulnerability · CVE-2010-2572
Microsoft PowerPoint Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Published Nov 9, 2010 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft PowerPoint
Patch now
CVE-2010-2572 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 22, 2022. Confirm Microsoft PowerPoint against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 58.65%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe microsoft/powerpoint · vendor Microsoft PowerPoint · vendor n/a n/a
Buffer overflow in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint 95 document, aka "PowerPoint Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."
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- cpe microsoft/powerpoint2002
- cpe microsoft/powerpoint2003
- vendor Microsoft PowerPointversion unspecified
- vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2010-2572
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Jun 22, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2010-2572 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 22, 2022. Confirm Microsoft PowerPoint against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with 2002, 2003. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-119: Buffer Overflow; CWE-120: Classic Buffer Overflow. EPSS 58.65%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Nov 9, 2010 · Catalog
Detected
Buffer overflow in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint 95 document, aka "PowerPoint Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."
Jun 8, 2022 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 22, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
Buffer overflow in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint 95 document, aka "PowerPoint Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2010-2572
Microsoft PowerPoint contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that alllows for remote code execution.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2010-2572
Buffer overflow in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint 95 document, aka "PowerPoint Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2010-2572
30-day exploitation probability 58.6%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2010-2572
Buffer overflow in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint 95 document, aka "PowerPoint Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2010-2572
Microsoft PowerPoint contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that alllows for remote code execution.
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.