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FKIE_CVE-2011-1885

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-07-13 23:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:30
Severity
Summary
win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers 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 local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, a different vulnerability than other CVEs listed in MS11-054, aka "Win32k Null Pointer De-reference Vulnerability."
References
secure@microsoft.comhttp://osvdb.org/73788
secure@microsoft.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/45186
secure@microsoft.comhttp://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100144947
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48600
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025761
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-193A.htmlUS Government Resource
secure@microsoft.comhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-054
secure@microsoft.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11951
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/73788
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/45186
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100144947
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48600
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025761
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-193A.htmlUS Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-054
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11951
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft windows_2003_server *
microsoft windows_7 -
microsoft windows_7 -
microsoft windows_7 -
microsoft windows_server_2003 *
microsoft windows_server_2008 *
microsoft windows_server_2008 *
microsoft windows_server_2008 *
microsoft windows_server_2008 *
microsoft windows_server_2008 *
microsoft windows_server_2008 -
microsoft windows_server_2008 r2
microsoft windows_server_2008 r2
microsoft windows_vista *
microsoft windows_vista *
microsoft windows_xp *
microsoft windows_xp -
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