CVE-2010-2740
The OpenType Font (OTF) format driver in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly perform memory allocation during font parsing, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "OpenType Font…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.77%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The OpenType Font (OTF) format driver in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly perform memory allocation during font parsing, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "OpenType Font Parsing Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.77% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113218
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.htmlUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-078
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7258
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113218
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.htmlUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-078
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7258
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.