CVE-2008-2251 (GCVE-0-2008-2251)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-15 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:58
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Summary
Double free vulnerability in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes system calls within multiple threads, aka "Windows Kernel Unhandled Exception Vulnerability." NOTE: according to Microsoft, this is not a duplicate of CVE-2008-4510.
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