CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-1734
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-05-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The SfnINSTRING function in win32k.sys in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a 0x18d value in the second argument (aka the Msg argument) of a PostMessage function call for the DDEMLEvent window.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 2000
• microsoft windows 2003 server
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows xp
• microsoft windows xp sp3
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39456 Vendor Advisory
- http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Windows-denials-of-service-of-win32k-sys-9607 Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510886/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39631 Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39456 Vendor Advisory
- http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Windows-denials-of-service-of-win32k-sys-9607 Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510886/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39631 Exploit