THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-2738
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-2738

Windows Server 2003 vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
18.5%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
The Uniscribe (aka new Unicode Script Processor) implementation in USP10.DLL in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1 and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2, and Microsoft Office XP SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2, does not properly validate tables associated with malformed OpenType fonts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) web site or (2) Office document, aka "Uniscribe Font Parsing Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows Server 2003
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2010-09-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 18.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-2738

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-2738.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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