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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2010-0025

The SMTP component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, and Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Exchange Server 2000 SP3, does not properly allocate memory for SMTP command replies, which allows remote attackers to read…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 21.5%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The SMTP component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, and Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Exchange Server 2000 SP3, does not properly allocate memory for SMTP command replies, which allows remote attackers to read fragments of e-mail messages by sending a series of invalid commands and then sending a STARTTLS command, aka "SMTP Memory Allocation Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
21.49% probability · 97th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Affected
microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows xp · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/exchange server
Source
secure@microsoft.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.