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CVE-2010-0256· NVD / CVE Program· CNA microsoft

Microsoft Office Visio 2002 SP2, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2 does not properly calculate unspecified indexes associated with Visio files,

Microsoft Office Visio 2002 SP2, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2 does not properly calculate unspecified indexes associated with Visio files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, aka "Visio Index Calculation Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

HighCVSS 7.6 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Apr 14, 2010
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
17.9% · 97th percentile
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Action score

35

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.6 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
5 / 30 · 17.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
microsoftvisio

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • microsoft visio2002
  • microsoft visio2003
  • microsoft visio2007

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    74This week
  • CVE-2010-1681Buffer overflow in VISIODWG.DLL before 10.0.6880.4 in Microsoft Office Visio allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
    50Plan
  • CVE-2007-0934Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Visio 2002 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Visio (.VSD, VSS, .V
    46Plan
  • CVE-2015-2557Buffer overflow in Microsoft Visio 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted UML data in an Office
    44Plan
  • CVE-2012-1888Buffer overflow in Microsoft Visio 2010 SP1 and Visio Viewer 2010 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Visio
    44Plan
  • CVE-2011-1979Microsoft Visio 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2 does not properly validate objects in memory during Visio file parsing, which allows remote attackers
    44Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
C · data can be read
Integrity
C · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
High
Confidentiality impact
C
Integrity impact
C
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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