Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The more severe of these vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege due to an error in the processing of a specific input buffer.
Detailed Information on the risk:

A denial of service vulnerability exists in TCP/IP processing in Microsoft Windows due to an error in the processing of specially crafted IPv6 packets with a malformed extension header. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending the target system a small number of specially crafted packets, causing the affected system to stop responding.

Further information on this exploit is available at : MS10-058