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CVE-2010-0232

7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 28.7% · 98th pctCISA KEV · Exploited in the wild
2010-01-21•Updated 2025-10-22•KEV 2022-03-03
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV
2022-03-03
Remediation due
2022-03-24

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0232

Description

The kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 through Windows 7, including Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2, when access to 16-bit applications is enabled on a 32-bit x86 platform, does not properly validate certain BIOS calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by crafting a VDM_TIB data structure in the Thread Environment Block (TEB), and then calling the NtVdmControl function to start the Windows Virtual DOS Machine (aka NTVDM) subsystem, leading to improperly handled exceptions involving the #GP trap handler (nt!KiTrap0D), aka "Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability."

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC · CISA-ADP
Exploitationactive
Automatableno
Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

VendorProductAffected versions
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n/a

References

14 Links
Vendor advisories
Third-party advisories

Record Details

Published
2010-01-21
Last updated
2025-10-22
Assigner (CNA)
microsoft
Credited to
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