HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-2746

Windows 2003 Server vulnerability

CVSS
7.6
EPSS
36.2%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Heap-based buffer overflow in Comctl32.dll (aka the common control library) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7, when a third-party SVG viewer is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers unspecified messages from this viewer, aka "Comctl32 Heap Overflow Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 2003 Server
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2010-10-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high 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 36.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-2746

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 2003 Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-2746.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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