# 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 Windows

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-01-10 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2006/Jan/363
- http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=375525
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/915930
- http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/EEYEB20050801.html
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-004.htm
- http://www.osvdb.org/18829
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18391
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-002
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23922
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A698
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1185
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A714
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1462
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015459
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18311
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1126
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18365
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1491
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421885/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16194
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-010A.html

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