---
id: "CVE-2010-2572"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2010-2572"]
title: "Buffer overflow in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via\u2026"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 9.3
epss: 0.58646
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "Microsoft PowerPoint", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "microsoft powerpoint", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 2002", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "microsoft powerpoint", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 2003", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["exploited", "microsoft-office", "package", "powerpoint", "windows"]
not_affected_if: ["patched-office"]
published_at: "2010-11-10T03:00:01+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T22:29:04+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2010-2572", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2572", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:45+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2572", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T22:29:04+00:00"}]
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# Buffer overflow in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via…

Microsoft PowerPoint has a buffer overflow that lets a crafted presentation file run code on the machine that opens it. CISA lists it as actively exploited in the wild.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Microsoft PowerPoint affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:microsoft powerpoint affected = 2002 fixed ?
- vendor:microsoft powerpoint affected = 2003 fixed ?

## How to check

Check the installed PowerPoint version against Microsoft's 2010 security bulletin for this CVE; the sources do not give a file or command.

## Fix

Apply the Microsoft security update for this CVE per vendor instructions (CISA KEV required action); the exact patch name is not in the sources.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2010-2572
- 2026-10-23T19:13:45+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2572
- 2026-10-23T22:29:04+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2572

## From the sources

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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