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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-0024 · published 14 April 2010

CVE-2010-0024: Microsoft windows 2000 improper input validation vulnerability

Microsoft · Windows 2000

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."

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 11% · top 4.3% CWE-20 · Improper input validation
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
6Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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."

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

6 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-024 PatchVendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7067 Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-024 PatchVendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7067 Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-0024), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.