CVE-2010-1255 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2010-1255?

CVE-2010-1255 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 8 Jun 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Windows kernel-mode drivers in win32k.sys in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1 and SP2, Server 2008 Gold and SP2, Windows 7, and Server 2008 R2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to "glyph outline information" and TrueType fonts, aka "Win32k TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1255?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2010-1255?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-1255 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2010-1255 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1255 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-73fg-97p8-682q.