CVE-2010-2738

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
15.8%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: September 15, 2010 (5720 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

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."

CWE

CWE-20

Affected Products

microsoft windows server 2003microsoft windows server 2008microsoft windows vistamicrosoft windows xpmicrosoft office

References

🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 oval.cisecurity.org 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 oval.cisecurity.org