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CVE-2010-0024: microsoft exchange_server Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 14-04-2010Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-0024 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in microsoft exchange_server. EPSS estimates a 10.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
10.75%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-04-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The SMTP component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, and Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Exchange Server 2003 SP2, does not properly parse MX records, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (service outage) via a crafted response to a DNS MX record query, aka "SMTP Server MX Record Vulnerability."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

10.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 10.75% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
10.75%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Microsoft6 products

1 vendor · 6 products

References

3 links