CVE-2012-0156

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

13/03/2012

Last modified:

11/04/2025

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."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:::x64:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:::x86:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7::sp1:x64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7::sp1:x86:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2:x64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2:x86:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2::itanium:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2::x64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista::sp2::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:::x64:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:::x86:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7::sp1:x64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7::sp1:x86:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2:x64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2:x86:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2::itanium:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2::x64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista::sp2::::::*

CVE-2012-0156

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools