| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2012-0156 (CCN-73539) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 2011-12-13 | ||||||||
| Published: | 2012-03-13 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2020-09-28 | ||||||||
| Summary: | 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." | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) 3.2 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
3.2 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-20 | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Denial of Service | ||||||||
| References: | Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2012-0156 Source: OSVDB Type: UNKNOWN 80003 Source: CCN Type: SA48361 Microsoft Windows DirectWrite Unicode Parsing Denial of Service Source: CCN Type: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-019 Vulnerability in DirectWrite Could Allow Denial of Service (2665364) Source: CCN Type: BID-52332 Microsoft Windows 'DirectWrite' API Denial of Service Vulnerability Source: MS Type: UNKNOWN MS12-019 Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN ms-directwrite-dos(73539) Source: OVAL Type: UNKNOWN oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14807 | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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