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CVE-2005-3172

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Published: Oct 6, 2005Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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5.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

Description

The WideCharToMultiByte function in Microsoft Windows 2000 before Update Rollup 1 for SP4 does not properly convert strings with Japanese composite characters in the last character, which could prevent the string from being null terminated and lead to data corruption or enable buffer overflow attacks.

Affected (1)

1 product
Windows 2000
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
All versions

References (4)

Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory

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