Microsoft Windows Common Control Library Heap Buffer Overflow (MS10-081; CVE-2010-2746)

The common controls are a set of windows that are implemented by the common control library, Comctl32.dll, which is a DLL included with the Windows operating system. Like other control windows, a common control is a child window that an application uses in conjunction with another window to enabl...

CVE-2010-2746

CVE-2010-2746 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows common controls library, Comctl32.dll, triggered when processing messages from a third-party SVG viewer. A remote code execution risk exists on affected Windows releases (XP SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1/SP2, Server 2008, and W...