Microsoft Windows 'AFD.sys' Driver Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:47279

Info

Microsoft Windows 'AFD.sys' Driver Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 47279
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 08 2011 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 08 2011 12:00AM
Credit: Lufeng Li of Neusoft Corporation
Vulnerable: Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP3
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP3
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP3
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP3
Microsoft Windows XP Embedded SP3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Microsoft Windows 'AFD.sys' Driver Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability that occurs in the Windows kernel.

An attacker can exploit this issue to cause an affected computer to become unresponsive, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Windows 'AFD.sys' Driver Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

The following exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

Microsoft Windows 'AFD.sys' Driver Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

Microsoft Windows 'AFD.sys' Driver Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report