CVE-2012-0005: Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (aka CSRSS) in the Win32 subsystem in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP2, and Server 2008 SP2, when a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean system locale is used, can access uninitialized memory during the processing of Unicode characters, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "CSRSS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: any version; affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Vista: any version
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2012-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.