CVE-2009-0228
Stack-based buffer overflow in the EnumeratePrintShares function in Windows Print Spooler Service (win32spl.dll) in Microsoft Windows 2000…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 20.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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."
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 20.5% · top 2.5% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References10
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-217.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6317 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1541 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- TA09-160A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- MS09-022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 35206 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20090609 Microsoft Windows 2000 Print Spooler Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 54932 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 35365 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1022352 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0236 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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