# CVE-2008-4510: Denial of service in n/a

> Local attackers can crash Windows Vista systems by repeatedly accessing protected memory pages, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Oct 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j64f-2fpg-mxgc

## What is CVE-2008-4510?

CVE-2008-4510 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Vista, published on 9 Oct 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Microsoft Windows Vista Home and Ultimate Edition SP1 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (page fault and system crash) via multiple attempts to access a virtual address in a PAGE_NOACCESS memory page.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4510?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microsoft Windows Vista.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-4510?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4510 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-4510 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-4510 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Microsoft Windows Vista - Access Violation from Limited Account (Blue Screen of Death) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Vista

- [CVE-2007-5351](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5351/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-3145](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3145/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2008-0951](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0951/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2007-1658](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1658/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2007-1534](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1534/): Misconfiguration in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-4510 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-4510 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Vista, published on 9 Oct 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-4510 exists.

Affected product: Microsoft Windows Vista. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4510/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4510/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4510
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4510
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4510

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