CVE-2010-0016 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2010-0016?

CVE-2010-0016 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 10 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The SMB client implementation in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly validate response fields, which allows remote SMB servers and man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted response, aka "SMB Client Pool Corruption Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0016?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0016?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0016 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2010-0016 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0016 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-6p79-qp56-xj76.