FKIE_CVE-2005-2122
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-10-21 18:02 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:14
Severity
Summary
Windows Shell for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a shortcut (.lnk) file with long font properties that lead to a buffer overflow in the Client/Server Runtime Server Subsystem (CSRSS), a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2118.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_2000 | * | |
| microsoft | windows_2000 | * | |
| microsoft | windows_2000 | * | |
| microsoft | windows_2000 | * | |
| microsoft | windows_2000 | * | |
| microsoft | windows_2003_server | r2 | |
| microsoft | windows_xp | * | |
| microsoft | windows_xp | * | |
| microsoft | windows_xp | * | |
| microsoft | windows_xp | * | |
| microsoft | windows_xp | * | |
| microsoft | windows_xp | * |
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