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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-0005

CVE-2012-0005

Description

The Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (aka CSRSS) in the Win32 subsystem in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP2, and Server 2008 SP2, when a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean system locale is used, can access uninitialized memory during the processing of Unicode characters, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "CSRSS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

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Affected products

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  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2003
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 20083 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:x32:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: XP SP2-SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP2, Server 2008 SP2
  • Microsoft/Windows Xp2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:professional_x64:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:professional_x64:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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