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CVE-2012-0150

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 24.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-02-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in msvcrt.dll in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted media file, aka "Msvcrt.dll Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-045A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-013
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14631
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-045A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-013
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14631

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