Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
CVE-2011-0654
Integer underflow in the BowserWriteErrorLogEntry function in the Common Internet File System (CIFS) browser service in Mrxsmb.sys or bowser.sys in Active Directory in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a malformed BROWSER ELECTION message, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Browser Pool Corruption Vulnerability." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.681 (99.3th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.681 · newest: 0.681 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2011/02/16/my-sweet-valentine-the-cifs-browser…
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323172 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16166 (Exploit, exploit)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0394 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/02/16/notes-on-exploitability-of-the-recen…
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2011-02/0284.html (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/46360 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0938 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-0654?
- CVE-2011-0654 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2011-02-16.
- Is CVE-2011-0654 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.