CVE-2010-0232

What is affected

Vendor	Microsoft
Product	Windows
Weakness	CWE-264

The vulnerability

The kernel in Microsoft Windows, 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.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 24 March 2022 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.

Where this comes from

Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 11 Nov 2026, 21:30. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.

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