CVE-2011-1229

Description

win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers 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 local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, a different vulnerability than other "Vulnerability Type 2" CVEs listed in MS11-034, aka "Win32k Null Pointer De-reference Vulnerability."

Weakness classification

• CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references

• secure@microsoft.com — Vendor Advisory
• secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link
• secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory
• secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory
• secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link
• secure@microsoft.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• secure@microsoft.com — VDB Entry
• secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory