CVE-2012-0004
Unspecified vulnerability in DirectShow in DirectX in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted media file, related to Quartz.dll, Qdvd.dll, closed captioning, and the Line21 DirectShow filter, aka "DirectShow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 22.3% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0045)
- Published
- January 10, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0045 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows 7
- microsoft / windows 7
- microsoft / windows 7
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
Certified products that may be affected
18 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Windows 7 BitLocker™ Drive Encryption - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1332 - historical
- Microsoft Windows 7 Kernel Mode Cryptographic Primitives Library (cng.sys) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1328 - historical
- Microsoft Windows Vista Kernel Mode Security Support Provider Interface (ksecdd.sys) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1000 - historical
- Microsoft Windows Vista Cryptographic Primitives Library (bcrypt.dll) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1001 - historical
- Windows Vista Enhanced Cryptographic Provider (RSAENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1002 - historical
See all 18 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47485
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51295
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026492
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-010A.html(US Government Resource)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-004
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14832
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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