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The WideCharToMultiByte function in Microsoft Windows 2000 before Update Rollup 1 for SP4 does not properly convert strings with Japanese composite characters in the last character, which could prevent the string from being null terminated and lead to data corruption or enable buffer overflow attacks

Published Oct 6, 2005

Description

The WideCharToMultiByte function in Microsoft Windows 2000 before Update Rollup 1 for SP4 does not properly convert strings with Japanese composite characters in the last character, which could prevent the string from being null terminated and lead to data corruption or enable buffer overflow attacks.

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Remediation

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References (2)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 6, 2005
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved Oct 6, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3172
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2005-3172
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2005-3172