CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-1537
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-12-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in DirectPlay in DirectX 9.0 through 11.1 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "DirectPlay Heap Overflow Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft directx 10.1
• microsoft directx 11.0
• microsoft directx 11.1
• microsoft directx 9.0
• microsoft directx 10.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-346A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-082 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16086 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-346A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-082 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16086 oval.cisecurity.org