VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2010-4398
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability8.66%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2010-12-06
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Kernel Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Microsoft / Windows
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the RtlQueryRegistryValues function in win32k.sys 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 local users to gain privileges, and bypass the User Account Control (UAC) feature, via a crafted REG_BINARY value for a SystemDefaultEUDCFont registry key, aka "Driver Improper Interaction with Windows Kernel Vulnerability."
Weakness classification
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Not Applicable
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory