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 denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and reboot) via a crafted session request, aka "Kerberos NULL Dereference…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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."
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 27.48% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows server 2008
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 27.5% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50867
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55778
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027620
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.htmlUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-069
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15674
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50867
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55778
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027620
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.htmlUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-069
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15674
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.