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CVE-2009-3020
win32k.sys in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by referencing a…
High7.1EPSS 16.7%
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- mitre
Description
win32k.sys in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by referencing a crafted .eot file in the src descriptor of an @font-face Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) rule in an HTML document, possibly related to the Embedded OpenType (EOT) Font Engine, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0010, CVE-2009-0231, and CVE-2009-0232. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.7% · top 3.0% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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References (6)
- 36250 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2009-wwbsod.zip (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 57016 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 36029 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 9417 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ms-win-opentype-dos(52403) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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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