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CVE-2010-0018

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 26.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-01-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-189

Description

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 in the LZCOMP Decompressor Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2010/01/12/ms10-001-font-file-decompression-vulnerability.aspx
• http://osvdb.org/61651
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35457
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37671
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023432
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-012B.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0095
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-001
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8324
• http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2010/01/12/ms10-001-font-file-decompression-vulnerability.aspx
• http://osvdb.org/61651
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35457

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