CVE-2010-0242

Windows Vista and Server 2008 - Denial of Service via Malformed TCP SACK Values

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The TCP/IP implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2 and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted packets with malformed TCP selective acknowledgement (SACK) values, aka "TCP/IP Selective Acknowledgement Vulnerability."

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8449
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.html

Scores

EPSS 0.6583
EPSS Percentile 99.2%

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (2)
microsoft/windows_server_2008 (7 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista (4 CPE variants)
Published Feb 10, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026