CVE-2011-3402Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

BOD 26-04 remediation window

With CISA's SSVC answers for this CVE (automatable: no, technical impact: total), BOD 26-04 Table 1 gives 3 days and forensic triage on a publicly exposed asset (row 3) and 14 days on an asset that is not publicly exposed (row 11) ^S06. The catalogue due date, 21 days after the date added, was set before BOD 26-04 took effect on 10 June 2026 ^S06. The directive binds US federal civilian executive branch agencies only.

What CISA says

Short description

Microsoft Windows Kernel contains an unspecified vulnerability in the TrueType font parsing engine in win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted font data in a Word document or web page.

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-087 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3402

CWE in the catalogue

Not provided by source

Official links

• CISA KEV catalogue entry cisa.gov
• NVD record nvd.nist.gov

Vendor advisory and patch links

References NVD tags Vendor Advisory or Patch, exactly as NVD lists them.

• http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2011/11/03/microsoft-releases-security-advisory-2639658.aspx Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49121 Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49122 Vendor Advisory
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2639658 Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-087 Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-034 Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-039 Vendor Advisory

Links in CISA's notes

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-087
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3402

NVD details

CWE (NVD)

NVD-CWE-noinfo by nvd@nist.gov

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS versions in NVD

V2, V31

Last modified in NVD

2026-06-16T23:33:14.020

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