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CVE-2010-0239

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 61.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-02-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The TCP/IP implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2 and Server 2008 Gold and SP2, when IPv6 is enabled, does not properly perform bounds checking on ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets, aka "ICMPv6 Router Advertisement Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-009
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8478
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-009
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8478

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