CVE-2012-0179: Microsoft Windows 7

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Double free vulnerability in tcpip.sys in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1 and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that binds an IPv6 address to a local interface, aka "TCP/IP Double Free Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: version r2 only

Published 2012-05-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.