CVE-2010-4669
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 29.1% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4634)
- Published
- January 7, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4634 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 7
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows xp
Certified products that may be affected
28 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Release 6.1.7600 - Microsoft Corporation - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0755-2012 - archived
- Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 - Microsoft Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-10390-2010 - archived
- Windows 7 BitLocker™ Drive Encryption - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1332 - historical
- Windows Server 2008 R2 BitLocker™ Drive Encryption - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1339 - historical
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Enhanced Cryptographic Provider (RSAENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1337 - historical
See all 28 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2010/Fahrplan/events/3957.en.html(Exploit)
- http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/27C3/mp3-audio-only/27c3-3957-en-ipv6_insecurities.mp3(Exploit)
- http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/27C3/mp4-h264-HQ/27c3-3957-en-ipv6_insecurities.mp4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45760
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00yjWB6gGy8(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64583
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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