CVE-2008-2251
Double free vulnerability in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes system calls within multiple…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Double free vulnerability in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes system calls within multiple threads, aka "Windows Kernel Unhandled Exception Vulnerability." NOTE: according to Microsoft, this is not a duplicate of CVE-2008-4510.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.50% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32247Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31653Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021046
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2812
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-061
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45542
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45544
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6010
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32247Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31653Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021046
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2812
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-061
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45542
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45544
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6010
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.