CVE-2010-0020

CriticalCVSS 9.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The SMB implementation in the Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly validate request fields, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a malformed request, aka "SMB Pathname Overflow Vulnerability."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20 CWE-94

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Feb 10, 2010
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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