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CVE-2011-1229

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-04-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, a different vulnerability than other "Vulnerability Type 2" CVEs listed in MS11-034, aka "Win32k Null Pointer De-reference Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Avaya Agent Access: all versions
• Avaya Aura Conferencing Standard Edition: 6.0.0
• Avaya Basic Call Management System Reporting Desktop: all versions
• Avaya Call Management Server Supervisor: all versions
• Avaya Callpilot: from 4.0.x through 5.0.x
• Avaya Callvisor Asai Lan: all versions
• Avaya Communication Server 1000 Telephony Manager: from 3.0.0 through 4.0.0
• Avaya Computer Telephony: all versions
• Avaya Contact Center Express: all versions
• Avaya Customer Interaction Express: all versions
• Avaya Enterprise Manager: all versions
• Avaya Integrated Management: all versions
• Avaya Interaction Center: all versions
• Avaya Ip Agent: all versions
• Avaya Ip Softphone: all versions
• Avaya Meeting Exchange: from 5.0.0 through 5.2.0
• Avaya Messaging Application Server: from 4.0.x through 5.2.x
• Avaya Network Reporting: all versions
• Avaya Octelaccess Server: all versions
• Avaya Octeldesigner: all versions
• Avaya Operational Analyst: all versions
• Avaya Outbound Contact Management: all versions
• Avaya Speech Access: all versions
• Avaya Unified Communication Center: all versions
• Avaya Unified Messenger: all versions
• Avaya Visual Messenger: all versions
• Avaya Visual Vector Client: all versions
• Avaya Vpnmanager Console: all versions
• Avaya Web Messenger: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions

References

• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/04/12/ms11-034-addressing-vulnerabilities-in-the-win32k-subsystem.aspx
• http://osvdb.org/71735
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44156
• http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100133352
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47229
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025345
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0952
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-034
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66411
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12503
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/04/12/ms11-034-addressing-vulnerabilities-in-the-win32k-subsystem.aspx

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