Microsoft Fixes Critical RDP Vulnerability with March Patch Tuesday

Microsoft rolled out six patches addressing seven vulnerabilities on Tuesday, including a critical hole in Windows’ Remote Desktop Protocol RDP – the same component exploited by the Morto worm in August. The March edition of their monthly Patch Tuesday release included a critical bulletin MS12-02...

Microsoft Windows 'DirectWrite' API Denial of Service Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability. Successful exploits will cause the vulnerable applications that use the affected API to crash or become unresponsive, denying service to legitimate users. Technologies Affected Avaya Aura Conferencing 6.0 SP1...

PT-2012-2356 · Microsoft · Directwrite +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows versions prior to the fixed version Description: A denial of service issue exists due to improper rendering of Unicode characters by DirectWrite. This allows remote attackers to cause an application hang via an instant messa...

MS12-019: Vulnerability in DirectWrite Could Allow Denial of Service (2665364)

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the implementation of DirectWrite installed on the remote Windows host. In an Instant Messenger-based attack scenario, an attacker sending a specially crafted sequence of Unicode characters directly to an Instant Messenger client could cause the...