CVE-2010-2551

Microsoft Windows Vista SP1/SP2, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 - Denial of Service via SMB Packet

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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."

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
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