CVE-2012-1537

N/A

Published: December 12, 2012 at 12:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM UTC

5 products affected across 1 vendorDirectxWindows Server 2008Windows Xp

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 23%

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in DirectPlay in DirectX 9.0 through 11.1 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "DirectPlay Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Directx · Microsoft

95%

10.0 10.1 11.0 11.1 9.0

microsoft-windows-server-2003 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2008 (environment) · microsoft-windows-vista (environment) · microsoft-windows-xp (environment)

Windows Server 2003 · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions

Windows Server 2008 · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions

Windows Vista · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions

Windows Xp · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions