CVE-2010-0269: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 28.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The SMB client 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 allocate memory for SMB responses, which allows remote SMB servers and man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) SMBv1 or (2) SMBv2 response, aka "SMB Client Memory Allocation Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: any version
• Microsoft Windows 7: any version; affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: any version; affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Vista: any version; affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version; affected versions not specified

Published 2010-04-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.