{"id":"CVE-2011-1971","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-1971","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:17:42.883Z","title":"The kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly parse file metadata, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted file, aka \"Windows Kernel…","description":"The kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly parse file metadata, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted file, aka \"Windows Kernel Metadata Parsing DOS Vulnerability.\"","published":"2011-08-10T21:55:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:30:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.7,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-399"],"affected":["microsoft/windows 7","microsoft/windows server 2008","microsoft/windows vista"],"epss":{"score":0.03019,"percentile":0.87351,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.02%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-068","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12663","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-068","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12663","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1971","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}