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CVE-2010-2739

N/A

Published: September 7, 2010 at 05:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:21 PM UTC

6 products affected across 1 vendorWindows Server 2008Windows 7Windows Xp

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 4%

Description

Buffer overflow in the CreateDIBPalette function in win32k.sys in Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Server 2003 R2 Enterprise SP2, Vista Business SP1, Windows 7, and Server 2008 SP2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by performing a clipboard operation (GetClipboardData API function) with a crafted bitmap with a palette that contains a large number of colors.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Windows 2003 Server · Microsoft

95%

Windows 7 · Microsoft

95%

All versions

Windows Server 2003 · Microsoft

95%

sp2

Windows Server 2008 · Microsoft

95%

sp2

Windows Vista · Microsoft

95%

sp1

Windows Xp · Microsoft

95%

sp3

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2010/08/10/update-on-the-publicly-disclosed-win32k-sys-eop-vulnerability.aspx

Third Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/40870

Exploit

Source: [email protected]

http://www.ragestorm.net/blogs/?p=255

VDB EntryVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2029

Source: [email protected]

https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2010/08/update-on-the-publicly-disclosed-win32k-sys-eop-vulnerability/

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-119

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