CVE-2011-0654
highpriority · attend · 74EPSS 0.681 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Integer underflow in the BowserWriteErrorLogEntry function in the Common Internet File System (CIFS) browser service in Mrxsmb.sys or bowser.sys in Active Directory in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a malformed BROWSER ELECTION message, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Browser Pool Corruption Vulnerability." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (2)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-16166Microsoft Windows Server 2003 - AD BROWSER ELECTION Remote Heap Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
- auxiliary/dos/windows/smb/ms11_019_electbowserMicrosoft Windows Browser Pool DoSfunctional · metasploit
affected products (3)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft windows 2003 serverall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft windows server 2003all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (43)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2011-02/0284.htmlcnnvd
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2011/02/16/my-sweet-valentine-the-cifs-browser-protocol-heap-corruption-vulnerability.aspxcnnvd
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/02/16/notes-on-exploitability-of-the-recent-windows-browser-protocol-issue.aspxcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43299cnnvd
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16166cnnvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323172cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46360cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46360/solutionPatchcnnvd
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