CVE-2011-0654

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2011-0654 · Published 16/02/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
—	No affected product versions are listed for this vulnerability yet.

Description

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.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2011-02/0284.html
blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2011/02/16/my-sweet-valentine-the-cifs-browser-protocol-heap-corruption-vulnerability.aspx
blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/02/16/notes-on-exploitability-of-the-recent-windows-browser-protocol-issue.aspx
secunia.com/advisories/43299 · Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com/exploits/16166 · Exploit
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323172 · US Government Resource
securityfocus.com/bid/46360 · Exploit
securitytracker.com/id
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html · US Government Resource
vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0394 · Vendor Advisory
vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0938 · Vendor Advisory
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-019
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65376
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12637

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