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CVE-2012-1853

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 29.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-08-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Remote Administration Protocol (RAP) implementation in the LanmanWorkstation service in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RAP response packets, aka "Remote Administration Protocol Stack Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-054
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15408
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-054
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15408

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