CVE-2010-2566 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2010-2566?

CVE-2010-2566 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, published on 11 Aug 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Secure Channel (aka SChannel) security package in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2, does not properly validate certificate request messages from TLS and SSL servers, which allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SSL response, aka "SChannel Malformed Certificate Request Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2566?

It affects 3 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2010-2566?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-2566 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-2010-2566 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2566 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

• CVE-2008-0015 Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-1701 Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2013-5065 Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2011-1268 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-1868 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2003 Server vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-pwrx-3hww-v853.