CVE-2008-2251

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Double free vulnerability in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes system calls within multiple threads, aka "Windows Kernel Unhandled Exception Vulnerability." NOTE: according to Microsoft, this is not a duplicate of CVE-2008-4510.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/32247
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31653
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021046
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2812
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-061
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45542
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45544
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6010
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/32247

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