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CVE-2010-0242

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 65.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-02-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The TCP/IP implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2 and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted packets with malformed TCP selective acknowledgement (SACK) values, aka "TCP/IP Selective Acknowledgement 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%3A8449
• 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%3A8449

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