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CVE-2012-2551
The server in Kerberos in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1, allows remote attackers to cause a…
Medium5.0EPSS 27.5%
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- microsoft
Description
The server in Kerberos in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and reboot) via a crafted session request, aka "Kerberos NULL Dereference Vulnerability."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 27.5% · top 1.9% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15674 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 50867 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1027620 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MS12-069 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 55778 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TA12-283A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_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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