CVE-2005-3172
The WideCharToMultiByte function in Microsoft Windows 2000 before Update Rollup 1 for SP4 does...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2005-3172- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2005-3172- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-3171 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2005-3171- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gp5h-cmjc-5gj4 No score
The WideCharToMultiByte function in Microsoft Windows 2000 before Update Rollup 1 for SP4 does...
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.
- Record
GHSA-gp5h-cmjc-5gj4- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2005-3172 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Windows 2000, published October 6, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.08%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.