CVE-2010-1892: Microsoft Windows 7

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The TCP/IP stack in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly handle malformed IPv6 packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via multiple crafted packets, aka "IPv6 Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

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

Published 2010-08-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.