CVE-2010-0018
Integer overflow in the Embedded OpenType (EOT) Font Engine (t2embed.dll) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4; Windows XP SP2 and SP3; Windows Server 2003 SP2; Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2; and Windows 7 allows…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 26.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Integer overflow in the Embedded OpenType (EOT) Font Engine (t2embed.dll) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4; Windows XP SP2 and SP3; Windows Server 2003 SP2; Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2; and Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via compressed data that represents a crafted EOT font, aka "Microtype Express Compressed Fonts Integer Flaw in the LZCOMP Decompressor Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 26.52% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows vista · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 26.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2010/01/12/ms10-001-font-file-decompression-vulnerability.aspx
- http://osvdb.org/61651
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35457Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37671
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023432
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-012B.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0095Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-001
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8324
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2010/01/12/ms10-001-font-file-decompression-vulnerability.aspx
- http://osvdb.org/61651
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35457Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37671
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023432
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-012B.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0095Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-001
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8324
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.