CVE-2012-0156 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause application hangs in Windows via malicious instant messages or websites exploiting DirectWrite Unicode rendering flaws.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-0156?
CVE-2012-0156 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 13 Mar 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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."
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0156?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista.
How do I fix CVE-2012-0156?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0156 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-0156 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0156 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-m2xp-29xw-6x7w.