Executive Summary

Summary
Title Vulnerability in DirectWrite Could Allow Denial of Service (2665364)
Informations
Name MS12-019 First vendor Publication 2012-03-13
Vendor Microsoft Last vendor Modification 2012-03-13
Severity (Vendor) Moderate Revision 1.0

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Severity Rating: Moderate

Revision Note: V1.0 (March 13, 2012): Bulletin published.

Summary: This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Windows DirectWrite. In an Instant Messenger-based attack scenario, the vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker sends a specially crafted sequence of Unicode characters directly to an Instant Messenger client. The target application could become unresponsive when DirectWrite renders the specially crafted sequence of Unicode characters.

Original Source

Url : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-019

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14807
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14807
Title: DirectWrite Application Denial of Service Vulnerability
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."
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-0156
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 4
Os 4
Os 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-03-14 Name : Microsoft Windows DirectWrite Denial of Service Vulnerability (2665364)
File : nvt/secpod_ms12-019.nasl

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-03-13 Name : The remote Windows host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.
File : smb_nt_ms12-019.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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