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CVE-2010-3227

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-10-26 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the UpdateFrameTitleForDocument method in the CFrameWnd class in mfc42.dll in the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) 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 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long window title that this library attempts to create at the request of an application, as demonstrated by the Trident PowerZip 7.2 Build 4010 application, aka "Windows MFC Document Title Updating Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: sp3

References

• http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Research/Zero-Day-Tracker/2010/20100705-%281%29
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/13921/
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024557
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-074
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6696
• http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Research/Zero-Day-Tracker/2010/20100705-%281%29
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/13921/
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024557
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-074
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6696

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