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CVE-2010-1882

36
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1882 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the MPEG Layer-3 Audio Codec (l3codecx.ax) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2/SP3 and Server 2003 SP2. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a crafted media file or streaming malicious content. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (critical) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100, the vulnerability presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector and complete compromise potential (C:C/I:C/A:C). Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
23.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2341 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-052
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11585
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html
US Government Resource