CVE-2010-2572: Microsoft PowerPoint Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

High severity, CVSS 7.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2022-06-08. EPSS: 58.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft PowerPoint: version 2002 only; version 2003 only

Published 2010-11-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.