CVE-2009-0228
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 20.5%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the EnumeratePrintShares function in Windows Print Spooler Service (win32spl.dll) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 allows remote printer servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ShareName in a response to an RPC request, related to "printing data structures," aka "Buffer Overflow in Print Spooler Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 20.5% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0236)
- Published
- June 10, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0236 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows 2000
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=806
- http://osvdb.org/54932
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35365
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-217.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35206
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022352
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1541
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-022
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6317
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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