CVE-2011-1868 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2011-1868?

CVE-2011-1868 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, published on 16 Jun 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Distributed File System (DFS) implementation in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly validate fields in DFS responses, which allows remote DFS servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted response, aka "DFS Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1868?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1868?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1868 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2011-1868 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1868 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

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• CVE-2015-1701 Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2013-5065 Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2011-1268 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-0661 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2003 Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-6pf9-2vfx-6g35.