CVE-2010-2549

N/A
Published: July 2, 2010 at 06:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:20 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWindows Server 2008Windows Vista

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

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."

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (8)

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://osvdb.org/66003
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/3
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40421
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41280
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399

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