CVE-2011-0027 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 SP1/SP2 and Windows Data Access Components (WDAC) 6.0, present in various Windows operating systems. The flaw stems from improper memory allocation validation, potentially leading to an integer wrap and buffer overflow when processing a large CacheSize property. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or currently active in the Hot List, a public exploit is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:data_access_components:2.8:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:data_access_components:2.8:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_data_access_components:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.