CVE-2012-0005

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (aka CSRSS) in the Win32 subsystem in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP2, and Server 2008 SP2, when a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean system locale is used, can access uninitialized memory during the processing of Unicode characters, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "CSRSS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/47479
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51270
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026495
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-010A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-003
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14879
http://secunia.com/advisories/47479
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51270
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026495
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-010A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-003
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14879

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