CVE-2010-2551
Microsoft Windows Vista SP1/SP2, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 - Denial of Service via SMB Packet
Title source: llmDescription
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."
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-054
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12015
Scores
EPSS
0.6662
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (3)
microsoft/windows_7
(2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2008
(8 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista
(3 CPE variants)
Published
Aug 11, 2010
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026