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CVE-2012-2551

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 27.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-10-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The server in Kerberos in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and reboot) via a crafted session request, aka "Kerberos NULL Dereference Vulnerability."

Affected products

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

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/50867
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55778
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027620
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-069
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15674
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50867
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55778
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027620
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-069
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15674

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