Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-2551

Title: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-2551.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Oct 09, 2012
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
27.48%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-2551: 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."

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

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
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-2551 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.