CVE-2006-0010
Heap-based buffer overflow in T2EMBED.DLL in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 up to SP1, Windows 98, and…
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- Updated
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- microsoft
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in T2EMBED.DLL in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 up to SP1, Windows 98, and Windows ME allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message or web page with a crafted Embedded Open Type (EOT) web font that triggers the overflow during decompression.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 33.1% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (22)
- 20060110 [EEYEB-2000801] - Windows Embedded Open Type (EOT) Font Heap Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=375525 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#915930 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- EEYEB20050801 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_EEYEx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-004.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 18829 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0118 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 18391 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MS06-002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- win-embedded-fonts-bo(23922) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:698 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1185 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:714 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1462 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1015459 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 18311 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1126 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 18365 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1491 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20060110 [EEYEB-2000801] - Windows Embedded Open Type (EOT) Font Heap Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 16194 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TA06-010A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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