CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-2740
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-10-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
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."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 2003 server
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows xp
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113218 support.avaya.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-078 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7258 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113218 support.avaya.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-078 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7258 oval.cisecurity.org