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."
Published: 2010-07-02
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: 3.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2553 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."
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:39:37.470Z

Reserved: 2010-06-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-2549

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Status : Modified

Published: 2010-07-02T19:00:01.003

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-2549

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