TI-2010-02461 Aliases CVE-2010-2563 GHSA-wp8r-r337-6p8h

The Word 97 text converter in the WordPad Text Converters in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and…

MEDIUM 58CWE-94Published 2010-09-15 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

The Word 97 text converter in the WordPad Text Converters in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly parse malformed structures in Word 97 documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document containing an unspecified value that is used in a loop counter, aka "WordPad Word 97 Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.1824 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp2::::::*	all versions	Vulnerable	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp3::::::*	all versions	Vulnerable	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:x64:::::*	not specified by NVD	Vulnerable	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-2563
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wp8r-r337-6p8h

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6632

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Sources

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