Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

CVE-2012-1537

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."

Published

2012-12-12T00:55:00.997

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-119
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application microsoft directx 10.1 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 - No
Operating System microsoft windows_vista - No
Application microsoft directx 11.0 Yes
Application microsoft directx 11.1 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 - No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 r2 No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 r2 No
Application microsoft directx 9.0 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Application microsoft directx 10.0 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 - No
Operating System microsoft windows_vista - No
References