CVE-2010-0478 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the nsum.exe component of the Windows Media Unicast Service within Media Services for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted packets related to transport information. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The EPSS score of 0.816730000 and FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100 further emphasize its high exploitability and potential impact. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit intelligence shows a Metasploit module exists, confirming readily available exploit code. Despite its severity and exploit availability, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it may not be widely discussed publicly or actively exploited in the wild.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.