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CVE-2010-3940 Details

Description

Double free vulnerability in win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k PFE Pointer Double Free Vulnerability."

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-098 CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12194 CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024880 CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.html CVEUS Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-098 [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-399Resource Management Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-3940
NVD Published Date:
Dec 16, 2010
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2010-3940 Details - Not Deferred