CVE-2010-1681

Exp

Buffer overflow in VISIODWG.DLL before 10.0.6880.4 in Microsoft Office Visio allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DXF file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0254 and CVE-2010-0256.

Published: 2010-05-06 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-1681 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 79.08%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-1681

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
17451 exploit_db edb 2011-06-26 Exploit-DB ↗
14944 exploit_db edb 2010-09-08 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1681

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 82.32% 79.08% -3.24%
2 2025-03-29 79.08% 82.32% +3.24%
3 2025-03-17 79.08%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1681

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.6 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
4.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-1681

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1681

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft visio 2002 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visio:2002:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visio 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visio:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visio 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visio:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visio 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visio:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1681

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