National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-0482

Overview

The kernel in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 does not properly validate relocation sections of image files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted file, aka "Windows Kernel Malformed Image Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA10-103A

Name: TA10-103A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS10-021

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-021.mspx

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1023850

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023850

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 39374

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/39374

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7176

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7176

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7176

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7176