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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…
High7.2EPSS 1.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6010 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- win-kernel-system-calls-privilege-escalation(45542) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SSRT080143 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 32247 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MS08-061 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 31653 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- win-ms08kb954211-update(45544) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2812 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1021046 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- TA08-288A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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