CVE-2010-2569: Microsoft Publisher

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

pubconv.dll (aka the Publisher Converter DLL) in Microsoft Publisher 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2 does not properly handle an unspecified size field in certain older file formats, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a crafted Publisher file, aka "Size Value Heap Corruption in pubconv.dll Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Publisher: version 2002 only; version 2003 only; version 2007 only

Published 2010-12-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.