National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-2739

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-2029

Type: Advisory

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

External Source: MISC

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

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 40870

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/40870

External Source: CONFIRM

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

Type: Advisory

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