CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-2551
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-08-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The SMB Server in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly validate an internal variable in an SMB packet, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted (1) SMBv1 or (2) SMBv2 packet, aka "SMB Variable Validation Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows vista
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-054 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12015 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-054 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12015 oval.cisecurity.org