CVE-2010-3227: microsoft windows_server_2003

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-3227 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in microsoft windows_server_2003. EPSS estimates a 20.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 26-10-2010
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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."

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.