CVE-2010-2555
Windows Vista/Server 2008/7 - Local Privilege Escalation via Registry String Length Mismanagement
Title source: llmDescription
The Tracing Feature for Services in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly determine the length of strings in the registry, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors involving a long string, aka "Tracing Memory Corruption 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
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-059
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11426
Scores
EPSS
0.0164
EPSS Percentile
74.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (3)
microsoft/windows_7
microsoft/windows_server_2008
(8 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista
(4 CPE variants)
Published
Aug 11, 2010
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026