CVE-2010-0482 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a system reboot by tricking users into opening a crafted image file with invalid relocation sections.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-0482?
CVE-2010-0482 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 14 Apr 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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."
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0482?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0482?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0482 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-0482 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0482 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-xfjh-7pm8-fr99.