CVE-2010-0025
The SMTP component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, and Server...
CVE-2010-0025 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Exchange Server, published April 14, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.5%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- 5.0 MediumCVSS 2.0, NVD
- Exploit chance
- 21.5%EPSS, 97th percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
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 2000 SP3, does not properly allocate memory for SMTP command replies, which allows remote attackers to read fragments of e-mail messages by sending a series of invalid commands and then sending a STARTTLS command, aka "SMTP Memory Allocation Vulnerability."
Exploit likelihood
Affected products
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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 2000 SP3, does not properly allocate memory for SMTP command replies, which allows remote attackers to read fragments of e-mail messages by sending a series of invalid commands and then sending a STARTTLS command, aka "SMTP Memory Allocation Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2010-0025- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
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 2000 SP3, does not properly allocate memory for SMTP command replies, which allows remote attackers to read fragments of e-mail messages by sending a series of invalid commands and then sending a STARTTLS command, aka "SMTP Memory Allocation Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2010-0025- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-0057No score
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 2000 SP3, does not properly allocate memory for SMTP command replies, which allows remote attackers to read fragments of e-mail messages by sending a series of invalid commands and then sending a STARTTLS command, aka "SMTP Memory Allocation Vulnerability."
- Record
EUVD-2010-0057- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hx33-6cv9-3m88No score
The SMTP component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, and Server...
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 2000 SP3, does not properly allocate memory for SMTP command replies, which allows remote attackers to read fragments of e-mail messages by sending a series of invalid commands and then sending a STARTTLS command, aka "SMTP Memory Allocation Vulnerability."
- Record
GHSA-hx33-6cv9-3m88- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
References
secunia.com/advisories/39253
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-024
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12175
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0025
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hx33-6cv9-3m88