Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 6, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-3172
CVE-2005-3172
Description
The WideCharToMultiByte function in Microsoft Windows 2000 before Update Rollup 1 for SP4 does not properly convert strings with Japanese composite characters in the last character, which could prevent the string from being null terminated and lead to data corruption or enable buffer overflow attacks.
Affected products
2cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <= SP4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- support.microsoft.com/kb/824867nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- support.microsoft.com/kb/900345nvdPatchVendor Advisory
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