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CVE-2010-0018 — Integer overflow in the Embedded OpenType (EOT) Font Engine (t2embed

CVSS

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EPSS

68.95% (top 1.40%)

CWE

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Published

2010-01-13T19:00:00.000Z

Last modified

2024-08-07T00:37:53.588Z

CVSS vector

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01What is this vulnerability?

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…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

Published: 2010-01-13T19:00:00.000Z
Last modified: 2024-08-07T00:37:53.588Z

09References

docs.microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-00…
blogs.technet.com — http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2010/01/12/ms10-001-font-file-decompression…
www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023432
secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/35457
oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…
www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-012B.html
www.vupen.com — http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0095
www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37671
osvdb.org — http://osvdb.org/61651

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