CVE-2010-2555: Microsoft Windows 7

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Tracing Feature for Services in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly determine the length of strings in the registry, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors involving a long string, aka "Tracing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

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

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