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CVE-2005-2827

The thread termination routine in the kernel for Windows NT 4.0 and 2000 (NTOSKRNL.EXE) allows local users to modify kernel memory and execution flow via steps in which a terminating thread causes Asynchronous Procedure Call (APC) entries to free the wrong data, aka the "Windows Kernel Vulnerability."

Published: Dec 14, 2005 Modified: Jun 16, 2026

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Affected Products (6)

Vendor Product Version
microsoft windows_2000 *
microsoft windows_2000 *
microsoft windows_2000 *
microsoft windows_2000 *
microsoft windows_2000 *
microsoft windows_nt 4.0

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-4xxg-53f5-6j6q

The thread termination routine in the kernel for Windows NT 4.0 and 2000 (NTOSKRNL.EXE) allows...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 7.2 / 10
EPSS Score 2.63%

Top 16% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 29.6 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub