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CVE-2012-0174
Windows Firewall in tcpip.sys in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not…
Low1.7EPSS 5.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Windows Firewall in tcpip.sys in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly enforce firewall rules for outbound broadcast packets, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by observing broadcast traffic on a local network, aka "Windows Firewall Bypass Vulnerability."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.7 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.0% · top 7.7% 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: Low 1.7.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 53352 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15160 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1027044 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MS12-032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- ms-win-broadcast-sec-bypass(75128) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 49114 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA12-129A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 81730 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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)
Record last updated .