MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2010-3200

Word vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
10.6%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
MSO.dll in Microsoft Word 2003 SP3 11.8326.11.8324 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and multiple-instance application crash) via a crafted buffer in a Word document, as demonstrated by word_crash_11.8326.8324_poc.doc.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Word
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2010-09-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 10.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-3200

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Word is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-3200.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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