CVE-2010-0484
The Windows kernel-mode drivers in win32k.sys in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1 and SP2, and…
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
The Windows kernel-mode drivers in win32k.sys in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1 and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 "do not properly validate changes in certain kernel objects," which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Device Contexts (DC) and the GetDCEx function, aka "Win32k Improper Data Validation Vulnerability."
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 28% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20100608 VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Windows Kernel "GetDCEx()" Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2010-0484) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7609 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/954/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- TA10-159B (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- MS10-032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_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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