CVE-2010-3227: Microsoft Windows 7

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 20.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the UpdateFrameTitleForDocument method in the CFrameWnd class in mfc42.dll in the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) Library in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long window title that this library attempts to create at the request of an application, as demonstrated by the Trident PowerZip 7.2 Build 4010 application, aka "Windows MFC Document Title Updating Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Vista: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows XP: affected versions not specified; version sp3 only

Published 2010-10-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.