TI-2010-00224 Aliases CVE-2010-0232 GHSA-xprh-x7hf-54qr

The kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 through Windows 7, including Windows 2000 SP4…

CRITICAL 93Exploited in the wildPublished 2010-01-21 · Updated 2025-10-22

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 through Windows 7, including Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2, when access to 16-bit applications is enabled on a 32-bit x86 platform, does not properly validate certain BIOS calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by crafting a VDM_TIB data structure in the Thread Environment Block (TEB), and then calling the NtVdmControl function to start the Windows Virtual DOS Machine (aka NTVDM) subsystem, leading to improperly handled exceptions involving the #GP trap handler (nt!KiTrap0D), aka "Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability."

Why it matters now

Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2022-03-03CISA due date 2022-03-24

EPSS 0.28735 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Active
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp4::::::	not specified by NVD	Vulnerable	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-::::::x86:	not specified by NVD	Vulnerable	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:::-:::*	not specified by NVD	Vulnerable	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3::::::	not specified by NVD	Vulnerable	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2022-03-03 Added to CISA KEV
2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-0232
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xprh-x7hf-54qr

References

Exploit 2

Patch 2

Advisory 2

Other 3

TI-2008-04072 The Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2009-01458 Unspecified vulnerability in the QuickTime Movie Parser Filter in quartz.dll in… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2009-01065 The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2004-00181 The POSIX component of Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows local users to… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2002-00354 smss.exe debugging subsystem in Windows NT and Windows 2000 does not properly… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2005-01876 Stack-based buffer overflow in the Plug and Play (PnP) service for Microsoft Windows 2000… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0

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Sources

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