CVE-2010-1253: Microsoft Excel

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 25.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2007 SP1, and SP2; Office 2004 for mac; Office 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with crafted DBQueryExt records that allow a function call to a "user-controlled pointer," aka "Excel ADO Object Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel: version 2002 only; version 2007 only
• Microsoft Office: version 2004 only; version 2008 only
• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack: version 2007 only
• Microsoft Open XML File Format Converter: any version

Published 2010-06-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.