{"cve":"CVE-2010-0232","nvd":{"published":"2010-01-21T19:30:00.900","modified":"2026-06-16T23:15:45.537","status":"Analyzed","description":"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.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/20/security-advisory-979682-released.aspx","http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-January/006000.html","http://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/c0af0967d904cef2ad4db766a00bc6af/KiTrap0D.zip","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jan/341","http://secunia.com/advisories/38265"],"products":["microsoft:windows_2000","microsoft:windows_7","microsoft:windows_xp"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:55:32.599380760+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2010-0232","score":0.28735,"percentile":0.98141,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":{"cve":"CVE-2010-0232","date_added":"2022-03-03","due_date":"2022-03-24","vendor":"Microsoft","product":"Windows","known_ransomware":false},"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}