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CVE-2010-2743

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2011-01-20 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 do not properly perform indexing of a function-pointer table during the loading of keyboard layouts from disk, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated in the wild in July 2010 by the Stuxnet worm, aka "Win32k Keyboard Layout Vulnerability." NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2010-3888 or CVE-2010-3889.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Windows 7Microsoft Windows XpMicrosoft Windows Server 2003Microsoft Windows Server 2008Microsoft Windows VistaMicrosoft Windows 2003 Server

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References