CVE-2010-2549 (GCVE-0-2010-2549)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2010-07-02 18:30
Modified
2024-08-07 02:39
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2 and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) by using a large number of calls to the NtUserCheckAccessForIntegrityLevel function to trigger a failure in the LockProcessByClientId function, leading to deletion of an in-use process object, aka "Win32k Reference Count Vulnerability."
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