CVE-2012-1537
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
9.3
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in DirectPlay in DirectX 9.0 through 11.1 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "DirectPlay Heap Overflow Vulnerability."
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| windows | - | not-affected | |
| windows | r2 | not-affected | |
| windows | not-affected | |
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-346A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-082
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16086
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-346A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-082
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16086
CWEs
CWE-119
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.