{"cve":"CVE-2005-3172","nvd":{"published":"2005-10-06T10:02:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:16:24.343","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824867","http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900345","http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824867","http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900345"],"products":["microsoft:windows_2000"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:39:29.870204089+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-3172","score":0.05078,"percentile":0.92339,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}