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MS12-019 - Moderate : Vulnerability in DirectWrite Could Allow Denial of Service (2665364) - Version: 1.0

MS12-019 Version 2012-03-13 Severity Rating: Moderate Revision Note: V1.0 (March 13, 2012): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Windows DirectWrite. In an Instant Messenger-based attack scenario, the vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker sends a specially crafted sequence of Unicode characters directly to an Instant Messenger client. The target application could become unresponsive when DirectWrite renders the specially crafted sequence of Unicode characters.
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# CVE ID CWE ID # of Exploits Vulnerability Type(s) Publish Date Update Date Score Gained Access Level Access Complexity Authentication Conf. Integ. Avail.
1 CVE-2012-0156 20 DoS 2012-03-13 2012-08-13
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 None Remote Medium Not required None None Partial
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."
Total number of vulnerabilities : 1

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