PT-2012-2356 · Microsoft · Directwrite+1

Khaled M. Salameh · Published 2012-03-13 · Updated 2023-12-07 · CVE-2012-0156

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows versions prior to the fixed version

Description A denial of service issue exists due to improper rendering of Unicode characters by DirectWrite. This allows remote attackers to cause an application hang via an instant message or a web site. The estimated number of potentially affected devices is not specified.

Recommendations For Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1, update to a version that includes the fix for the DirectWrite Application Denial of Service issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-0156

Affected Products

Directwrite

Windows

References · 6

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-019 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0156 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0156 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/80003 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14807 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS12-019 · Note