Vulnerability Report

CVE-2010-2551

Title: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2010-2551.

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Aug 11, 2010
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
66.62%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2010-2551: 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."

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-054 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12015 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-054 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12015
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2010-2551 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.