CVE-2010-2549

Use-after-free vulnerability in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2 and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows local users to gain…

published July 2, 2010

CVSS
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EPSS
5%
Percentile
92.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Use-after-free vulnerability in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2 and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) by using a large number of calls to the NtUserCheckAccessForIntegrityLevel function to trigger a failure in the LockProcessByClientId function, leading to deletion of an in-use process object, aka "Win32k Reference Count Vulnerability."

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05145 · 92.4th percentile
Published
2010-07-02T18:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 JUL 18:30Z
    Use-after-free vulnerability in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2 and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows local users to gain…
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