Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Uniscribe Memory Corruption (CVE-2010-2738)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-0658
Date Published:	6 Dec 2020
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 06 December, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-2738
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2
Vulnerability Description	A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation of a table in the TrueType font layout. Remote attacker could trigger this flaw by enticing a user to open a specially crafted TTF file. Successful exploitation could result in a memory corruption that may lead to arbitrary code execution on the target machine.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows Uniscribe Memory Corruption (CVE-2010-2738) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows Uniscribe Memory Corruption (CVE-2010-2738)