CVE-2012-1537

9.3

CRITICAL

Microsoft DirectX DirectPlay Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Description

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."

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 12, 2012, 12:55 a.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 26, 2019, 2:04 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-1537 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID	Vendor	Product	Action
1	Microsoft	directx

: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2012-1537.

URL	Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-346A.html	US Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-082
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16086

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-1537 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-1537 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

CVE Modified by [email protected]

May. 14, 2024

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value

CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

Feb. 26, 2019

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	CPE Configuration	OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp2:x64:::::*	OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp2::::::

CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

Feb. 26, 2019

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	CPE Configuration	OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp2:itanium:::::*	OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp2::::::

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Oct. 12, 2018

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Removed	Reference	http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-082 [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
Added	Reference		https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-082 [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Sep. 19, 2017

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16086 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16086 [No Types Assigned]

Modified Analysis by [email protected]

May. 09, 2016

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	CPE Configuration	Configuration 1 AND cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:9.0::::::: OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp3:::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp2:::::: Configuration 2 AND cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:10.0::::::: OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-::::::: Configuration 3 AND cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:10.1:-::::::* OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp1::::::* Configuration 4 AND cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:11.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:11.1::::::: OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1::::::*	Configuration 1 AND OR cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:10.1::::::: OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp1:::::: Configuration 2 AND OR cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:11.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:11.0::::::: OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:::::: Configuration 3 AND OR cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:9.0::::::: OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp3::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp2::::::* Configuration 4 AND OR cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:10.0::::::: OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:::::::*

Initial Analysis by [email protected]

Dec. 12, 2012

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-1537 is associated with the following CWEs:

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-1537 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

CVE-2012-1537

Microsoft DirectX DirectPlay Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Description

INFO

Dec. 12, 2012, 12:55 a.m.

Feb. 26, 2019, 2:04 p.m.

[email protected]

Yes !

10.0

8.6

Affected Products

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

CVE Modified by [email protected]

CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

CVE Modified by [email protected]

CVE Modified by [email protected]

Modified Analysis by [email protected]

Initial Analysis by [email protected]

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

93.60 }} -0.70%

0.99201

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System

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