CVE-2011-0654
Integer underflow in the BowserWriteErrorLogEntry function in the Common Internet File System (CIFS) browser service in Mrxsmb.sys or…
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- microsoft
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 68.1% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (14)
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2011/02/16/my-sweet-valentine-the-cifs-browser-protocol-heap-corruption-vulnerability.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- TA11-102A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- VU#323172 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 16166 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0394 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/02/16/notes-on-exploitability-of-the-recent-windows-browser-protocol-issue.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1025328 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20110214 MS Windows Server 2003 AD Pre-Auth BROWSER ELECTION Remote Heap Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 46360 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0938 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 43299 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ms-win-server-browser-bo(65376) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MS11-019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12637 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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