CVE-2012-1537

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1537
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-12-12 00:55:00 UTC
Updated2019-02-26 14:04:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Directx 10.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 10.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 11.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 11.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 10.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 10.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 11.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 11.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista - sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista - sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-082 - Important | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
US-CERT Alert TA12-346A - Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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