PT-2013-4198 · Microsoft · Windows Vista+6

Published 2013-07-09 · Updated 2023-12-07 · CVE-2013-3172

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows XP versions SP2 through SP3 Windows Server 2003 version SP2 Windows Vista version SP2 Windows Server 2008 versions SP2 through R2 SP1 Windows 7 version SP1

Description A denial of service issue exists due to improper handling of objects in memory by the Windows kernel-mode driver. This could allow an attacker to cause the target system to stop responding. The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the win32k.sys driver.

Recommendations For Windows XP versions SP2 through SP3, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Windows Server 2003 version SP2, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Windows Vista version SP2, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Windows Server 2008 versions SP2 through R2 SP1, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Windows 7 version SP1, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-3172

Affected Products

Windows

Windows 7

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008

Windows Vista

Windows Xp

Win32K.Sys

References · 5

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3172 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3172 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-053 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17188 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-053 · Note