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CVE-2012-2551 Details

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."

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-069	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/50867	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15674	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55778	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027620	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-069	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50867	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15674	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55778	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027620	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
microsoft windows 7	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:::x64:::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:::x86:::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7::sp1:x64::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7::sp1:x86::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows server 2008	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::r2:itanium::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::r2:x64::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 28, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Sep 28, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 12, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 10, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]