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CVE-2010-0024

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2010-04-14 Modified: 2026-06-16

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."

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Windows XpMicrosoft Windows Server 2008Microsoft Windows Server 2003Microsoft Windows 2000Microsoft Exchange ServerMicrosoft Windows 2003 Server

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References