CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-0156
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-03-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
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."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
• microsoft windows vista
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://osvdb.org/80003 osvdb.org
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-019 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14807 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://osvdb.org/80003 osvdb.org
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-019 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14807 oval.cisecurity.org