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CVE-2010-0025

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 2000 SP3, does not properly allocate memory for SMTP command replies, which allows remote attackers to read fragments of e-mail messages by sending a series of invalid commands and then sending a STARTTLS command, aka "SMTP Memory Allocation Vulnerability."

Affected Platforms

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

Weakness Type

CWE-200

References