CVE-2010-4669

The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Microsoft Windows XP,...

7.8 HighPublic exploit

The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and system hang) by sending many Router Advertisement (RA) messages with different source addresses, as demonstrated by the flood_router6 program in the thc-ipv6 package.

Exploit likelihood

29.1%Down 4.1 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Record: CVE-2010-4669
CVSS 2.0: 7.8 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness: CWE-399
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2010-4669
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2010-4634 No score

Record: EUVD-2010-4634
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v7c3-qvjr-7hpp No score

The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Microsoft Windows XP,...

Record: GHSA-v7c3-qvjr-7hpp
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
PoC in GitHub	wrong-commit/CVE-2010-4669	2018-10-11

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2010-4669 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows 7, published January 7, 2011. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.1%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.