CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-1971
4.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-08-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.7 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
The kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly parse file metadata, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted file, aka "Windows Kernel Metadata Parsing DOS Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
• microsoft windows vista
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-068 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12663 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-068 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12663 oval.cisecurity.org