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CVE-2012-0156

CVE information

Published

12 years ago

Last Modified

3 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

DirectWrite in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly render Unicode characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a (1) instant message or (2) web site, aka "DirectWrite Application Denial of Service Vulnerability.".

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
4.3/10
Exploit Score
8.6/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:x86:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:*:itanium:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:x86:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:x64:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -