CVE-2010-1734

Summary

CVECVE-2010-1734
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-05-06 12:47:23 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe SfnINSTRING function in win32k.sys in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a 0x18d value in the second argument (aka the Msg argument) of a PostMessage function call for the DDEMLEvent window.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All - All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All beta3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All gold All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All rc1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All rc2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp4 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All gold All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All gold itanium All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All gold x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All r2 x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All sp2 itanium All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All - All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All x86 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All gold All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All gold embedded All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All gold media_center All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All gold professional All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All gold tablet_pc All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp1 embedded All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp1 media_center All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp1 professional All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp1 tablet_pc All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 embedded All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 media_center All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 professional All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 tablet_pc All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 x86 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp3 x86 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - gold 64-bit-2002 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - gold 64-bit-2003 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - gold home All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - gold x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp1 home All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp2 home All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp2 x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp3 embedded All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp3 home All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp3 media_center All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp3 professional All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp3 tablet_pc All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp sp3 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp sp3 unknown english All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Vigil@nce vulnerability - Windows: denials of service of win32k.sys af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 vigilance.fr Exploit
Microsoft Windows 'SfnINSTRING' Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Microsoft Windows "SfnLOGONNOTIFY()" and "SfnINSTRING()" Denial of Service - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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