CVE-2010-2566
Windows XP SP2/SP3 and Windows Server 2003 SP2 - Remote Code Execution via Malformed SSL Certificate Request
Title source: llmDescription
The Secure Channel (aka SChannel) security package in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2, does not properly validate certificate request messages from TLS and SSL servers, which allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SSL response, aka "SChannel Malformed Certificate Request Remote Code Execution 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%3A11787
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-049
Scores
EPSS
0.1535
EPSS Percentile
96.4%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (3)
microsoft/windows_2003_server
(2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_xp
(2 CPE variants)
Published
Aug 11, 2010
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026