Microsoft Windows Server 2003/XP Unicode Scripts Processor USP10.DLL Uniscribe Font memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Windows Server 2003/XP. This affects an unknown function in the library USP10.DLL of the component Unicode Scripts Processor. The manipulation as part of Uniscribe Font leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2013-3181. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Server 2003/XP (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality in the library USP10.DLL of the component Unicode Scripts Processor. The manipulation as part of a Uniscribe Font leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

usp10.dll in the Unicode Scripts Processor in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Windows Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OpenType font, aka "Uniscribe Font Parsing Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was released 08/13/2013 by Bob Clary with Mozilla Corporation as MS13-060 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with Microsoft. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-3181 since 04/17/2013. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/26/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69325 (MS13-060: Vulnerability in Unicode Scripts Processor Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2850869)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90899 (Microsoft Windows Unicode Scripts Processor Could Remote Code Execution (MS13-060)).

Applying the patch MS13-060 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 13116.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (69325), SecurityFocus (BID 61697†), OSVDB (96193†), Secunia (SA54364†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-41042†). support.microsoft.com is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-9944, VDB-9943 and VDB-9942. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 69325
Nessus Name: MS13-060: Vulnerability in Unicode Scripts Processor Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2850869)
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OpenVAS ID: 902991
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Unicode Scripts Processor Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2850869)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-060
Researcher: Bob Clary
Organization: Mozilla Corporation
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-3181 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-3181
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-9941

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SecurityFocus: 61697 - Microsoft Windows Uniscribe Font Parsing CVE-2013-3181 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 54364 - Microsoft Windows Unicode Scripts Processor OpenType Fonts Processing Memory Corruption Vu, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 96193
Vulnerability Center: 41042 - [MS13-060] Microsoft Unicode Scripts Processor in Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2013 11:53
Updated: 12/26/2024 10:34
Changes: 08/15/2013 11:53 (91), 05/08/2017 17:23 (2), 05/21/2021 14:13 (2), 12/26/2024 10:34 (16)
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