CVE-2010-2743: Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 14.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 products

• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: any version
• Microsoft Windows 7: any version; affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: any version; affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Vista: any version; affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version; affected versions not specified

Published 2011-01-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.