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CVE-2006-0010

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 33.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in T2EMBED.DLL in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 up to SP1, Windows 98, and Windows ME allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message or web page with a crafted Embedded Open Type (EOT) web font that triggers the overflow during decompression.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: datacenter_64-bit-sp1, enterprise, enterprise-sp1, enterprise_64-bit, enterprise_64-bit-sp1, r2 (+6)
• Microsoft Windows 98: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 98Se: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Me: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Nt: 3.5.1, 3.5.1-sp1, 3.5.1-sp2, 3.5.1-sp3, 3.5.1-sp4, 3.5.1-sp5 (+8)
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2006/Jan/363
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18311
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18365
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18391
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015459
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-004.htm
• http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/EEYEB20050801.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/915930
• http://www.osvdb.org/18829
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421885/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16194
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-010A.html

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